I  A  History  of  Occidental  Lodge 

No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
WHlTti  Ottawa,  Illinois. 

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WILLIAM  LEE  ROY  MILLIGAN. 


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The  White  Apron 

A  COMPILATION  OF  THE 

Hi^ory  of  Occidental  Lodge, 

No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 

OTTAWA,  ILLINOIS, 

With  a  Complete  Li^  of  Members  from  the  Date  of  Dispensation,  1845,  to 
Ocftober  10,  1906,  and  a  Summary  of  her  Daughter, 

HUMBOLDT  LODGE,  No.  555, 

A.  F.  &  A.  M., 

Together  with  a  Hi^ory  of 
OTTAWA  LODGE,  No.  114, 

A.  F.  &  A.  M., 

Working  under  the  Jurlsdidtion  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  1839  to  1845. 
•Also  a  Resume  of  her  Daughter, 

ST.  JOHNS  LODGE,  No.  13, 

A.  F.  &  A.  M., 

Located  at  Vermillionville  in  1841,  and  transferred  to  Peru,  Illinois,  1843. 


Also  a  Synopsis  of  the 

Introducftion  of  Freemasonry  Into  America 

And  the  Fir^  Lodges  in  Illinois. 


BY 

W.  L,  MILLIGAN,  33"^ 

Past  Master  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

Past  High  Priest  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  37,  R.  A.  M. 

Past  Thrice  111.  Master  Oriental  Council,  No.  63,  R.  &  S.  M. 
Past  Commander  Ottawa  Commandery.  No   10,  K.  T. 

Past  Grand  High  Priest  Grand  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  of  Illinois. 
Past  Grand  Master  Grand  Council,  R.  &  S.  M.,  of  Illinois. 


Anno  Lucis  5907. 


REPUBLICAN-TIMES, 

PRINTERS, 

OTTAWA,  ILL. 


Copyright  1907  by  William  Lee  Roy  MlUlgan, 
Ottawa,  lUlnola. 


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WILLIAM    LEE    ROY    MILLIGAN 

Worshipful  Master  1884.  1885  and  1886 


Ottawa,  111.,  Jan.  i,  1907. 
W.  L.  MiLLiGAN,  Ottawa,  Illinois. 
Dear  Sir  and  Brother: 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  know  that  you  have 
completed  by  many  years  of  labor  the  compilation  of  the 
history  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  con- 
taining a  list  of  the  members  from  the  date  of  the  dispen- 
sation in  1845  to  and  including  October  10,  A.  D.  1906,  a 
period  of  sixty  years.  This  volume  preserves  to  Occidental' 
Lodge  the  most  interesting  portion  of  her  history,  and,  as 
the  old  records  of  the  Lodge  were  destroyed  by  fire,  it  will 
be  invaluable  for  future  reference.  The  volume  certainly 
should  be,  and  I  sincerely  hope  will  be,  in  the  possession 
of  every  member. 

Yours  fraternally, 

RICHARD  D.  MILLS, 
W.  M.  of  Occidental  Lodsfe. 


LlBRAKY 

Of  fHE 

UNIVEKJillY  Of  ILLSNOJS 


JOHN   FISK   NASH 

Worshipful  Master  1863  and  1864.        The  oldest  living  Past  Master. 


THIS  WORK 

IS  HOST  RESPECTFULLY  DEDICATED 

TO 

THE  GOOD  MAN  AND  TRUE  MASON, 

JOHN  FI8K  NASH, 


Past  Master  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

Past  High  Priest  Shabbona  Chajder,  No.  37,  B.  A.  M. 

Past  Commander  Ottawa  Comniandery,  No.  10,  K.  T. 

Past  Grand  Commander  of  tl\e  Grand  Commandery  K.  T.  of  Illinois. 


"  Type  of  a  generation  dropping  fast, 
Pillar  of  faultless  worth  and  dignity, 
This  record  of  the  imreturning  past 
Is  dedicated  with  loving  heart  to  thee.''^ 


History,  in  every  age,  is  only  popular  among 
a  few  thoughtful  men.  It  was  scarcely  known  or 
understood  in  the  early  ages  of  the  world,  but  the 
place  of  history  was  everywhere  supplied  by 
myths  and  legends.  — de  groot. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE. 


MASONIC  CALENDAR. 

Ancient  Craft  Masons  commence  their  ca  with  the  cre- 
ation of  the  world,  calHng  it  "^Anno  Lucis  (A.  L.),  "in  the 
year  of  hght." 

Scottish  Rite  same  as  Ancient  Craft,  except  the  Jewish 
chronology  is  used,  Anno  Mtindi  (A.  M.),  "in  the  year  of 
the  world." 

Royal  Arch  Masons  date  from  the  year  the  second 
temple  was  commenced  by  Zerrubbabel,  Anno  Invcntionis 
(A.  Inv.),  "in  the  year  of  the  discovery." 

Royal  and  Select  Masters  date  from  the  year  in  which 
the  temple  of  Solomon  was  completed,  Anno  Dcpositionis 
(A.  Dep.),  "in  the  year  of  the  deposit." 

Knights  Templar  commence  their  era  with  the  organi- 
zation of  their  Order,  Anno  Ordinis  (A.  O.),  "in  the  year 
of  the  Order." 


"^'Not  claimed  to  be  coeval  with  the  creation,  but  has 
symbolic  reference  to  the  Light  of  Masonry. 


THE  WHITE  APRON. 


RULES  FOR  MASONIC  DATES. 

1.  Ancient  Craft — add  4000  to  the  common  time.  Thus 
1907  and  4000  equal  5907. 

2.  Scottish  Rite — add  3760  to  the  common  era.  Thus 
1907  and  3760  equal  5667.  After  September  add  another 
year. 

3.  Royal  Arch — add  530  years  to  the  vulgar  year. 
Thus  1907  and  530  ec[ual  2437. 

4.  Royal  and  Select  Masters — add  1000  to  the  common 
time.     Thus  1907  and  1000  equal  2907. 

5.  Knights  Templar — from  the  Christian  era  take  1 1 18. 
Thus  1 1 18  from  1907  equals  789. 


THE  PRESENT. 
Year  of  the  Lord,  A.  D.  1907 — Christian  Era. 
Year  of  Light,  A.  L.  5907 — Ancient  Craft. 
Year  oi  the  World,  A.  M.  5667— Scottish  Rite. 
Year  of  the  Discovery,  A.  In  v.  2437 — Royal  Arch. 
Year  of  the  Deposit,  A.  Dep.  2907 — Royal  and  Select 
Masters. 

Year  of  the  Order,  A.  O.  789 — Knights  Templar. 


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PREFACE. 

The  introduction  of  Freemasonry  in  Ottawa,  Illinois, 
is  coeval  with  the  transformation  of  the  wild  prairies  of 
the  Valley  of  the  "Illini"  to  wheat  fields  and  corn  fields;  of 
the  wigwam  of  the  red  man  to  the  beautiful  homes  of  the 
white  man. 

Where,  not  more  than  a  century  ago,  the  Indian  was 
the  sole  possessor  of  the  prairies  and  forests  of  this  beau- 
tiful valley,  and  the  buffalo,  elk  and  deer  were  his  herds, 
and  the  Indian  wigwams  were  pitched  in  the  shady  groves, 
fragrant  with  blossoms  of  the  wild  plum  and  wild  apple, 
along  the  banks  of  rippling  streams  of  pure  and  crystal- 
like waters,  from  which  the  Indian  maiden  angled  the  most 
delicious  of  black  bass  and  pickerel  for  the  evening  meal  of 
the  Indian  warrior  on  his  return  from  the  chase,  is  now  the 
center  of  the  most  highly  civilized  nation  on  the  face  of  the 
earth. 

Only  three-quarters  oi  a  century  ago  the  first  white 
settler  dared  the  western  wilds  and  located  in  the  Valley 
of  the  Illinois.  In  a  few  years,  others  began  to  arrive,  and 
among  them  were  members  of  the  craft  who  brought  some 
knowledge  of  Freemasonry  from  the  East  to  the  West. 
Many  came  from  Massachusetts,  Connecticut,  Pennsylva- 
nia, Virginia  and  Kentucky.  And  when  they  would  gather 
around  the  back-log  fires  in  their  log-cabin  homes  during 
the  long,  cold  winter  nights,  far  from  the  influences  of 
schools  and  churches  and  former  homes,  their  minds  wan- 
dered back  to  their  old  Masonic  homes  and  fraternal  circles 
at  labor  and  refreshment. 

Is  it  any  wonder,  then,  that  when  Henry  D.  Gorbett, 
Benjamin  Thurston,  Andrew  J.  Kirkpatrick  and  Dr.  James 

9 


lO  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

G.  Armstrong  suggested  the  establishment  of  a  Masonic 
Lodge  at  Ottawa  in  1838.  it  was  hailed  with  joy,  and  that 
Colonel  Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt,  in  the  bigness  of  his  heart, 
opened  his  purse  and  gave  the  price  to  obtain  a  charter  from 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  and  that  Captain  Henry  J. 
Reid,  who  until  recent  years  lived  011  the  road  between  Ot- 
tawa and  Dayton,  rode  on  horseback  across  the  wild  prai- 
ries of  Illinois,  and  through  the  trackless  forests  of  Indiana, 
to  attend  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Kentucky,  held  in  Louisville  in  the  month  of  August, 
1840,  and  brought  to  Ottawa  the  charter  for  Ottawa  Lodge, 
No.  114,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ken- 
tucky ? 

Such  elongations  of  the  cable-tow  were  rarely  witness- 
ed in  the  search  for  ''Light"  as  that  exemplified  in  the 
organization  of  the  first  Masonic  Lodge  in  Ottawa,  and  I 
am  proud  to  have  the  honor  of  having  my  name  enrolled  as 
a  member  of  a  fraternity  of  Fireemasons  organized  in  the 
Valley  of  the  "Illini,"  when  the  atmosphere  was  sweet  and 
pure  with  the  fragrance  of  the  wild  rose  of  the  prairie  and 
the  aroma  from  the  blossoms  of  the  wild  plum  and  the  wild 
apple. 

In  compiling  a  history  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  it  has  been  a  source  of  private  pleasure  to  me, 
a  labor  of  love,  notwithstanding  it  has  been  attended  with 
a  considerable  amount  of  time  and  labor,  to  search  among 
the  dusty  records  and  brush  the  mould  from  the  time-worn 
pages  of  the  history  of  our  fraternity,  and  trace  the  gene- 
alogy of  Occidental  Lodge  far  down  the  vista  of  time,  a 
direct  descendent  of  the  mother  Grand  Lodge  of  England. 

In  compiling  this  work,  I  found  myself  surrounded  by 
sacred  memories  and  historic  associations. 

The  gavel  of  Occidental  Lodge  has  been  sounded  by 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  II 

strong  right  hands  that  wielded  the  victor's  sword  on  the 
battlefields  of  our  country. 

The  voice  of  authority  has  been  uttered  in  Occidental 
Lodge  by  lips  of  men  that  plead  the  cause  of  justice  in  our 
courts  and  swayed  the  minds  of  men  in  the  halls  of  the  Con- 
gress of  our  Nation. 

The  Masters  and  brothers  of  Occidental  Lodge  have 
come  from  every  walk  in  life — the  mechanic,  the  artisan, 
the  merchant,  the  banker,  the  editor  and  the  farmer,  and 
many  have  held  positions  of  trust,  not  only  in  private  enter- 
prises, but  in  public  capacities. 

Many  of  our  members  have  gone  forth  to  found  other 
Masonic  homes  and  shed  lustre  upon  the  name  of  Occiden- 
tal Lodge,  in  which  they  first  saw  the  Light  of  Masonry. 

In  compiling  the  roll  of  members  of  Occidental  Lodge 
from  date  of  organization,  we  are  most  forcibly  reminded 
of  the  "inevitable  destiny  of  man." 

Many  voices  that  have  been  heard  in  song  at  our  com- 
munications are  silenced  forever. 

Lives  useful  and  honored  have  been  ended. 
Hands  whose  brotherly  grasp  we  have  felt  have  mould- 
ered to  dust. 

Eyes  that  flashed  upon  us  the  light  of  intelligence  and 
love  are  closed. 

"And  many  rest  in  sleep  by  dreams  unbroken, 
By  winds  unswept,  by  storms  unseen; 
Never  to  speak  again  as  they  have  spoken 
Or  know  lost  joys  that  might  have  been. 
When  slow  departing  summer  day  yet  lingers 

Behind  the  purpling  western  bars. 
When  winds  sound  faint,  as  if  some  far  off  singers 
Were  touching  harps  with  tired  trembling  fingers, 
We  see  lost  eyes  smile  in  the  stars." 

The  labor  expended  upon  this  volume  will  best  be  esti- 
mated when  it  is  realized  that  the  early  records  O'f  both  Oc- 


12  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

cidental  Lodge  and  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  were  de- 
stroyed by  fire,  and  that,  without  a  predecessor  in  a  history 
of  Occidental  Lodge,  I  have  been  twenty  years  in  compiling 
this  work,  and  that  for  every  statement  of  facts  and  names 
of  members  recorded,  an  amoimt  oi  research  has  been  ex- 
pended amounting  to  real  extravagance  in  point  of  time 
and  labor.  Every  detail,  in  comparing  conflicting  statements 
and  reconciling  discrepancies,  out  of  which  this  work  has 
been  compiled,  partakes,  therefore,  almost  of  the  nature  of 
a  discovery. 

I  trust  that  it  will  meet  the  requirements  for  not  only 
a  correct  history  of  Occidental  Lodge,  but  a  ready  reference 
from  which  to  gather  data  otherwise  unobtainable,  and  that 
it  may  be  the  province  of  some  brother  more  competent  than 
I  to  continue  to  compile  the  future  history  of  Occidental 
Lodge  when  I  am  "at  rest"  in  that  beautiful  city  of  silence 
and  rep'Ose  on  the  banks  of  the  peaceful  Illinois. 

Fraternally, 

W.  L.  MILLIGAN. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 3 


Tell  US  then  no  more  that  our  Lodges  are  the  receptacles 
of  sacriligious  and  revolutionary  miscreants, — I  see  them 
frequented  by  men  of  unaffected  piety,  and  undaunted  pa- 
triotism. Tell  us  no  more  that  our  brethern  of  the  order 
are  traitors,  or  indifferent  to  the  welfare  of  their  country, — 
I  see  them  in  the  form  of  heroes,  at  the  head  of  our  fleets 
and  our  armies ;  and  the  day  will  arrive  when  a  Freemason 
shall  sway  the  sceptre  of  these  kingdoms  and  fill  with  honor 
and  with  dignity  the  British  throne. 

SIR  DAVID  BREWSTER. 


King  Edward  VII.  is  a  Freemason  and  Past  Grand 
Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England. 

Theodore  Roosevelt  is  a  Freemason  and  the  President 
of  the  United  States  of  America. 


14  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  LEVEL  AND  THE  SQUARE. 

We  meet  upon  the  level  and  we  part  upon  the  square, 
What  words  of  precious  meaning  these  words  Masonic  are! 
Come,  let  us  contemplate  them!     They  are  worthy  of  a  thought, 
With  the  highest  and  the  lowest,  and  the  rarest  they  are  fraught. 

We  meet  upon  the  level,  though  from  every  station  come — 
The  King  from  out  his  palace  and  the  poor  man  from  his  home, 
For  the  one  must  leave  his  diadem  without  the  Mason's  door. 
And  the  other  finds  his  true  respect  upon  the  checkered  floor. 

We  part  upon  the  square,  for  the  world  must  have  its  due; 
We  mingle  with  its  multitude,  a  cold,  unfriendly  crew; 
But  the  influence  of  our  gatherings  in  memory  is  green. 
And  we  long  upon  the  level,  to  renew  the  happy  scene. 

There's  a  world  where  all  is  equal — we  are  hurrying  toward  it  fast. 
We  shall  meet  upon  the  level  there  when  the  gates  of  death  are  past; 
We  shall  stand  before  the  Orient,  and  our  Master  will  be  there, 
To  try  the  block  we  offer  by  His  own  unerring  square. 

We  shall  meet  upon  the  level  there,  but  never  thence  depart; 
There's  a  Mansion — 'tis  all  ready  for  each  zealous*  faithful  heart; 
There's  a  Mansion  and  a  welcome,  and  a  multitude  is  there, 
Who  have  met  upon  the  level  and  been  tried  upon  the  square. 

Let  us  meet  upon  the  level,  then,  while  laboring  patient  here, 
Let  us  meet  and  let  us  labor,  tho'  the  labor  seem  severe, 
Already  in  the  western  sky  the  signs  bid  us  prepare 
To  gather  up  our  working  tools  and  part  upon  the  square! 

Hands  round,  ye  faithful  Ghiblelmites,  the  bright,  fraternal  chain; 
We  part  upon  the  square  below  to  meet  in  Heaven  again, 
O  what  words  of  precious  meaning  these  words  Masonic  are — 
We  meet  upon  the  level,  and  we  part  upon  the  square. 

— Rob.  Morris. 

The  above  is  the  original  form  in  which  this  poem  was 
written.  Its  history,  as  often  told,  is  simple  enough,  and 
has  none  of  the  elements  of  romance. 

In  August,  1854,  as  the  author  was  walking  home  from 
a  neighbor's,  through  the  sultry  afternoon,  he  sat  upon  a 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 5 

fallen  tree,  and  upon  the  back  of  a  letter  dashed  off,  under 
a  momentary  impulse,  and  in  stenographic  Characters,  the 
lines  upon  this  page. 

Brother  George  Oliver,  D.  D.,  eminent  above  all  others 
in  English  Masonry,  and  the  Masonic  historian  for  all  time, 
said  of  the  poem :  ''Brother  Morris  has  compassed  many 
fervent,  eloquent  and  highly  poetic  compositions,  songs  that 
will  not  die,  but  in  'The  Level  and  the  Square'  he  breathed 
out  a  depth  of  feeling,  fervency  and  pathos,  with  brilliancy 
and  vigor  of  language,  and  expressed  due  faith  in  the  im- 
mortal life  beyond  the  grave." 


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CHAPTER  I. 

INTRODUCTION  OF  FREEMASONRY  IN 
AMERICA. 

The  real  history  of  Freemasonry,  in  America  may  be 
said  to  have  its  coinmencement  in  1730,  when  on  June  5, 
1730,  Daniel  Cox,  the  Duke  of  Norfolk,  was  appointed  Pro- 
vincial Grand  Master  of  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  Penn- 
sylvania, by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  to  whom  appli- 
cation was  made  by  Bro.  Henry  Bell  and  others,  who  on 
frequent  occasions  had  been  meeting  at  Tun  Tavern,  Water 
street,  Philadelphia,  and  opening  a  Lodge  of  Masons,  for  a 
charter,  which  was  granted  in  1730.  The  above  evidence 
rests  on  the  authority  of  the  Library  Committee  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania. 

Benjamin  Franklin,  who  was  made  a  Mason  in  Febru- 
ary, 1 73 1,  printed  a  notice  of  this  Lodge  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Gazette,  then  published  by  him,  December  8,  1730. 

Benjamin   Franklin   was   Provincial   Grand   Master   in 

1734. 

Franklin  was  succeeded  as  Grand  Master  by  James 
Hamilton,  and  he  in  turn  by  Thomas  Hopkinson.  James 
Hamilton  afterwards  became  Governor  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  Thomas  Hopkinson  at  the  time  of  his  election  was 
Admirality  Judge  in  the  province  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  first  Masonic  hall  in  America  was  erected  in  Phil- 
adelphia in  1754. 

In  1758  Pennsylvania  was  invaded  by  the  "Ancients," 
and  from  that  time  the  lodges  under  the  old  sanction  de- 
clined, and  the  last  printed  notice  of  any  of  them  occurred 
in  1760,  and  the  last  official  act  of  the  first  Lodge  occurred 

B  17 


l8  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

in  1782,  and  about  eleven  years  later  all  the  lodges  in  Phil- 
adelphia under  the  original  Grand  Lodge  of  England 
ceased  to  exist,  and  September  26,  1786,  the  present  Grand 
Lodge  was  originated. 

MASSACHUSETTS. 

Viscount  Montague,  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  England,  appointed  Henry  Price  Provincial  Grand  Mas- 
ter of  New  England  in  1733,  and  the  Earl  of  Crawford 
appointed  him  Provincial  Grand  Master  over  all  America 
in  1734.  July  30,  1733,  Price  opened  a  Provincial  Grand 
Lodge  in  Boston,  which  was  known  on  the  rolls  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England  (list  1756)  as  Royal  Exchange, 
No.  65. 

The  second  Lodge  in  Boston  was  constituted  February 
15,  1750.  Only  two  degrees  were  conferred  in  the  first 
Lodge,  the  third  not  being  given  until  1794.  A  separate  set 
of  minutes  was  kept  of  the  "Lodge  of  Masters."  Inde- 
pendent records  of  the  third  degree  were  frequently  kept  in 
England  also. 

December  27,  1769,  St.  Andrews  Lodge,  with  the  assis- 
tance of  three  British  Army  Lodges,  organized  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  and  elected  Joseph  Warren  Grand 
Master.  The  two  Grand  Lodges  united  and  formed  the 
present  Grand  Lodge  in  1792,  and  elected  John  Cutler 
Grand  Master. 

VIRGINIA. 

Among  the  list  of  lodges  in  America  on  the  roll  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England  we  find — 

No.  236,  Royal  Exchange,  Norfolk,  Virginia,   1753. 
No.  205,  Swan,  Yorktown,  Virginia,  1755. 
No.  457,  Williamsburg  Lodge,  Virginia,   1773. 
No.  458,  Botetourl  Lodge,  Virginia,  1773. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 9 

And  the  following  Lodges  obtained  their  charters  from 
the  British  Isles,  other  than  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England : 

No.  82,  Blandford,  Va.,  Scotland,  1756. 

No.  — ,  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  Scotland,  1758. 

No.  — ,  Tappahannock,  Va.,  Killarney,  1758. 

No.  117,  St.  John,  Norfolk,  Va.,  Scotland,  1763. 

No.  — ,  Falmouth,  Va.,  Killarney,  1775. 

And  one  from  the  Grand  Orient  of  France,  No.  — ,  Sa- 
gessee,  Portsmouth,  Virginia,  1785. 

One  Lodge  received  a  charter  from  Boston,  and  the  ju- 
risdiction of  Ireland  is  also  supposed  to  have  been  represent- 
ed in  the  state.  The  Provincial  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania 
(Ancients)  established  a  Lodge  at  Winchester,  1768;  Al- 
exandria,  1783;  and  Portsmouth,   1784. 

The  Grand  Lodge  oi  Virginia  was  organized  October 
13,  1778,  by  Lodges  working  under  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
England.  John  Blair,  of  Williamsburg,  was  unanimously 
elected  Grand  Master,  and  was  installed  October  30th,  en- 
suing. 

THE  FIRST  LODGE  IN  ILLINOIS. 

The  first  Lodge  of  Ancient,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons 
organized  within  the  present  limits  oi  the  state  of  Illinois, 
was  at  Kaskaskia,  in  the  year  1805,  by  virtue  of  a  dispensa- 
tion from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  one  of  the  oldest 
Grand  Lodges  on  the  American  continent,  and  whose  first 
Grand  Master  was  Benjamin  Franklin. 

On  the  9th  day  of  March,  1805,  the  following  letter  was 
addressed  to  the  Right  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  Penn- 
sylvania : 

"To  the  Right  Worshipful  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania — Greet- 
ing : 
"The  subscribers,  and  many  others  of  our  brethren  in 

the  counties  of  St.  Qair  and  Randolph,  beg  leave  to  ap- 


20  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

proach  your  worshipful  body,  and  state  to  you,  that  they 
are  far  removed  from  those  social  enjoyments  which  they 
once  as  Masons  have  experienced ;  that  from  the  growth 
of  population  many  worthy  and  respectable  brethren  have 
settled,  and  many  more  will  soon  come  to  this  country ;  and 
that  your  suppliants,  from  a  sense  of  duty  incumbered  on 
them  as  Masons  and  as  men,  to  promote  their  mutual  hap- 
piness, the  happiness  of  their  neighbors,  and  as  far  as  in 
their  power  lies  humanize  society ;  and  furthermore,  to  im- 
press on  their  memory  what  has  long  been  written  on  their 
hearts;  wherefore,  your  suppliants  thus  presume  to  ap- 
proach your  worshipful  body  and  request  that,  if  in  your 
councils  you  think  it  expedient,  your  worshipful  body  will 
grant  to  your  suppliants  a  warrant,  or,  if  that  can't  be  obtain 
ed,  a  dispensation,  authorizing  them  to  hold  a  regular  Lodge 
in  the  town  of  Kaskaskia,  appointing  such  of  your  suppliants 
to  preside  therein  as  may  seem  proper  to  your  worshipful 
body,  sending  with  your  said  warrant  your  constitution,  all 
other  necessary  instructions  and  the  amount  of  expenses 
attending  the  same,  which  will  be  duly  remitted  by  your 
suppliants,  etc.,  etc. 

(Signed)     "Robert  McMahan, 

Stanton,  No.  13. 
"Wm.  Arundel, 
St.  Andrews  Lodge,  No.  2,  Quebec. 
"James  Edgar, 
Lodge  No.  9,  Philadelphia. 
"Michael  Jones, 

No.  45,  Pittsburg. 
"James  Galbreath, 

No.  79,  Giambersburg. 
"RuFus  Easton, 
Roman  Lodge,  No.  82,  Qiambersburg, 
"Robert  Robinson, 

Stanton,  No.  13. 

"Indiana  Territory,  Kaskaskia,  March  9,  1805." 
To  this  letter,  or  petition,   the  following  answer  was 
made : 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  21 

"We,  Israel  Israel,  Esquire,  R.  W.  Grand  Master  of 
Masons  in  and  for  the  CoiTUTionwealth  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Masonic  jurisdiction  thereunto  belonging,  to  all  Free 
and   Accepted   Masons,   wheresoever  dispersed — Greeting: 

"Reposing  the  greatest  confidence  in  the  zeal,  favor  and 
constancy  in  the  craft  of  our  worthy  and  beloved  brother 
James  Edgar,  a  past  Master  Ancient  York  Mason,  residing 
at  Kaskaskia,  in  the  Indiana  Territory,  in  the  United 
States,  and  by  virtue  of  the  powers  and  authority  vested  in 
us,  we  do  hereby  authorize  and  empower  and  request  him 
to  call  to  his  assistance  a  sufficient  number  of  known  and 
approved  Master  Masons  to  open  a  Lodge  at  the  town  of 
Kaskaskia  aforesaid,  and  then  and  there  Initiate,  Pass  and 
^aisc  Frccuiasons,  according  to  the  most  ancient  and  hon- 
orable custom  of  the  craft  in  all  ages  and  nations  through- 
out the  known  world,  and  not  contrarywise,  and  to  make 
report  to  us  hereon  endorsed  of  their  proceedings.  This 
dispensation  to  remain  in  full  force  six  months  from  the  date 
hereof,  and  no  longer. 

"Given  under  our  hand  and  the  Seal  of  the 
[Seal.]     Grand  Lodge  at  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  this 
24tli  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
1805,  and  in  the  year  of  Masonry,  5805. 
(Signed)    Israel  Israel,  Grand  Master. 
"Attest:    (Signed)    George  A.  Baker,  Grand  Sec'y." 

This  dispensation  was  received,  the  Lodge  regularly  or- 
ganized, and  the  corner  stone  of  our  Masonic  edifice  laid  for 
the  first  time  on  the  soil  of  Illinois  at  Kaskaskia,  Randolph 
county,  Indiana  Territory,  on  Saturday,  the  14th  of  Decem- 
ber, 1805,  A.  L.  5805. 

At  the  end  of  six  months  the  dispensation  was  returned 
to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania,  and  a  charter  granted, 
dated  the  i8th  day  of  June,  1806,  A.  L.  5806,  and  signed 
by  James  Minor,  Grand  Master,  and  attested  by  George  A. 
Baker,  Grand  Secretary. 

On  Saturday,  the  13th  day  O'f  September,  1806,  A.  L. 


22  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

5806,  the  Lodge  was  duly  constituted  as  "Western  Star 
Lodge,  No.  107,"  by  Robert  Robinson. 

At  this  time  all  business  was  transacted  in  the  Entered 
Apprentice  degree,  except  the  conferring  of  the  second  and 
third  degrees,  installation  of  officers,  and  trial  of  charges 
against  members. 

The  first  petitions  ever  received  for  the  degrees  of  Ma- 
sonry in  Illinois  were  those  of  Andrew  Henry,  Walter  Fen- 
wick  and  George  Bullett,  of  Ste.  Genevieve,  Louisana  Ter- 
ritory, now  state  of  Missouri, 

On  the  3d  day  of  February,  1806,  Charles  Query,  the 
first  to  receive  the  "Light"  of  our  mystic  circle  in  Illinois, 
was  initiated. 

The  first  demit  was  granted  on  June  5,  181 1,  to  Wm. 
Arundel,  and  signed  by  P.  Fonke,  Master,  Wm.  C.  Green- 
up, S.  W.,  James  Edgar,  J.  W.,  and  Michael  Jones,  Sec'y 
P.  G. 

The  first  diploma  was  granted  to  Brother  Philip  Roche- 
blave  on  March  2,  18 16,  and  because  of  its  novelty  we  take 
space  herewith  to  insert  it : 

"To  all  Free  and  Accepted  Masons — Union,   Health  and 

Happiness : 

"We,  the  Master  and  Wardens  of  Western  Star  Lodge, 
No.  107,  held  at  Kaskaskia,  in  the  county  of  Randolph, 
under  the  Grand  Warrant  of  Pennsylvania,  assembled  in 
due  form,  adorned  with  all  our  honors,  do  hereby  declare 
and  attest  to  all  men  enlightened  on  the  face  of  the  earth, 
that  our  beloved  brother,  Philip  Rocheblave,  who  hath 
signed  his  name  in  the  margin,  hath  been  received  as  an 
Entered  Apprentice,  passed  as  a  Fellow  Craft,  and  after 
having  sustained  with  firmness,  strength  and  courage  the 
most  painful  works  and  wonderful  trials,  we  have  given  to 
him  as  a  recompense  due  to  his  zeal,  diligence  and  capacity 
the  sublime  degree  of  Master,  and  have  admitted  and  ini- 
tiated him  as  such  into  our  mysteries  and  secret  works,  in 
which  he  has  helped  us  with  his  talents,  skill  and  knowledge. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  23 

In  testimony  whereof,  we  have  granted  to  him  this  present 
certificate,  signed  by  our  Master  and  Wardens,  and  attested 
by  our  Secretary,  with  the  private  seal  of  the  said  Lodge, 
the  twenty-fifth  day  of  April,  in  the  year  of  Masonry  5816, 
and  of  salvation  18 16. 

"S.  Bond,  W.  M. 

"P.  FONKE,  S.   W. 

"Samuel  Walker,  J.  W. 
"Attest :    D.  S.  Swearingen,  Secretary." 

On  the  23d  day  of  January,  1816,  the  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter announced  to  the  brethren  the  melancholy  death  of  their 
worthy  brother,  Thomas  Todd,  who  departed  this  life  on 
Monday  evening  about  9  o'clock,  the  15th  inst.  The  Treas- 
urer was  directed  to  procure  crepe  and  blue  ribbon  for  the 
members,  the  crepe  to  be  worn  on  their  hats  and  the  ribbon 
at  the  thii  d  buttonhole  of  the  vest,  to  be  worn  thirty  days. 

Second  Lodge,  181 5. 

From  1805  until  the  year  18 15,  Western  Star  was 
the  only  Lodge  of  Masons  in  the  state.  In  1815,  the 
second  Lodge  O'f  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  was  or- 
ganized in  Illinois,  to  be  holden  at  Shawneetown,  and 
known  as  Lawrence  Lodge,  No.  34,  by  authority  of  a 
dispensation  issued  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky. 
Date  of  dispensation,  September,  18 15.  Charter,  Au- 
gust, 18 1 6. 

Third  Lodge,  1819. 

The  third  Lodge  was  organized  at  Edwardsville  in 
1 8 19,  under  dispensation  O'f  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  issued  to  sundry  brethren  to  open  a  lodge 
at  Edwardsville,  to  be  called  Libanus  Lodge,  No.  29. 
Fourth  Lodge,  1820. 

The  fourth  Lodge  was  organized  at  Belleville,  under 
dispensation  dated  June  28,  1820,  from  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Tennessee,  to  David  Blackwell  and  others, 


24  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

to  be  called  Temple  Lodge,  No.  35.     This  Lodge  sur- 
rendered its  dispensation  in  1821. 

Fifth  Lodge,  1821. 

On  October  30,  1821,  on  recommendation  of  Liba- 
niis  Lodge,  No.  29,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri 
granted  a  dispensation  to  the  requisite  number  of  breth- 
ren residing  at,  or  near,  Alton,  Illinois,  constituting 
them  into  a  regular  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, to  be  opened  in  the  town  of  Alton,  by  the  name 
of  Olive  Branch  Lodge,  No.  5. 

Sixth  Lodge,  1822. 

The  sixth  Lodge  was  organized  at  Albion,  Illinois, 
as  Albion  Lodge,  under  dispensation  from  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Indiana,  dated  March  12,  1822, 

Seventh  Lodge,  1822. 

The  seventh  Lodge  was  organized  in  February,  1822, 
at  Vandalia,  as  Vandalia  Lodge,  No.  8,  under  dispen- 
sation from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  on  recom- 
mendation of  Libanus  Lodge,  No.  29. 

Eighth  Lodge,  1822. 

The  eighth  Lodge,  known  as  Sangamon  Lodge,  No. 
9,  was  organized  at  Springfield,  Sangamon  county, 
under  dispensation  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri, 
dated  April  5,  1822.  A  charter  was  granted  Oct.  25th, 
following. 

Ninth  Lodge,  1822. 

The  ninth  Lodge  was  organized  at  Jonesboro,  under 
dispensation  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  dated 
May  4,  1822.  This  Lodge  was  duly  organized  as 
Union  Lodge,  No.  10,  on  the  22d  of  June,  1822. 

Tenth  Lodge,  1822. 

The  tenth  Lodge  was  organized  at  Covington,  as 
Eden    Lodge,    No.    11,    under   dispensation    from    the 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  25 

Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  dated  June  13,  1822.  This 
was  the  last  Lodge  organized  in  IlHnois  prior  to  the  or- 
ganization O'f  the  first  Grand  Lodge  in  1822. 

THE  FIRST  GRAND  LODGE. 

Thus  we  have  borne  you  along  over  the  trackless  prairies 
of  Illinois  from  the  year  1805,  when  the  first  Lodge  was  or- 
ganized in  our  state,  until  the  year  1822,  when  the  first 
Grand  Lodge  of  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  was  organized  in  Illino'is. 
During  that  period  of  seventeen  long  years  but  ten  Lodges 
were  organized  in  the  state — 

1st.    Western  Star,  No.  .107,  at  Kaskaskia  in  1805. 

2d.    Lawrence  Lodge,  No.  34,  at  Shawneetown  in  18 15. 

3d.    Libanus,  No.  29,  at  Edwardsville  in  1819. 

4th.     Temple,  No.  35,  at  Belleville  in  1820. 

5th.    Olive  Branch,  No.  5,  at  Alton  in  182 1. 

6th.    Albion,  No.  5,  at  Albion  in  1822. 

7th.     Vandalia,  No.  8,  at  Vandalia  in  1822. 

8th.     Sangamon,  No.  9,  at  Sangamon  in  1822. 

9th.     Union,  No.  10,  at  Jonesboro  in  1822. 

loth.  Eden,  No.  11,  at  Covington  in  1822. 
Pursuant  to  a  circular  letter  addressed  to  the  several 
Lodges  heretofore  named  by  Vandalia  Lodge,  No'.  8,  the 
following  brethren  having  produced  their  certificates,  and 
being  recognized  as  delegates,  met  in  convention  at  Van- 
dalia, 111.,  (then  the  state  capital)  Dec.  9,  1822,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  organize  a  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons  in  Illinois : 

Western  Star  Lodge,  No.  107.  Thomas  Reynolds  and 
Shadrach  Bond. 

Lawrence  Lodge,  No.  34.  Thomas  C.  Brown  and  James 
Hah. 

Libanus  Lodge,  No.  29.  Richard  J.  Kinney,  Dennis 
Rockwell,  John  Y.  Sawyer,  Nathaniel  Buckmaster,  William 
H.  Hopkins  and  David  Pricket. 


26  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Olive  Branch  Lodge,  No.  5,  James  W.  Whitney, 
Charles  Gear  and  Charles  W.  Hunter. 

Albion  Lodge.     Benjamin  J.  Mills  and  Gilbert  T.  Pell. 

Vandalia  Lodge,  No.  8.  William  H.  Brown,  James  M. 
Duncan,  John  S.  Duncan,  Russell  Botsford,  E.  C.  Berry, 
John  Warnock. 

Union  Lodge,  No.  10.    Abner  Field  and  Charles  Dunn. 

Eden  Lodge,  No.  11.    James  Turney. 

Brother  Thomas  C.  Brown  was  appointed  chairman,  and 
Brother  William  H.  Brown,  secretary. 

On  December  loth,  a  constitution  was  adopted,  and  on 
December  nth,  the  following  grand  officers  were  elected: 

Shadrach  Bond,  Grand  Master. 

John  G.  Sawyer,  Grand  Senior  Warden. 

William  M.  Alexander,  Grand  Junior  Warden. 

Richard  T.  McKinney,  Grand  Secretary. 

James  O.  Wattles,  Grand  Treasurer. 

And  the  first  Grand  Lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accept- 
ed Masons  was  organized  in  Illinois. 

The  last  known  of  this,  the  first  Grand  Lodge,  was 
April  10,  1829,  from  which  time  until  1835  Masonry  was  a 
blank  in  Illinois.  Western  Star,  the  first  Lodge  organized 
within  the  present  limits  of  Illinois,  was  the  last  to  surren- 
der its  gavel. 

Kaskaskia  Lodge,  No.  107,  was  absolved  from  allegi- 
ance tO'  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania  by  the  Grand 
Master,  November  30,  1826,  as  by  the  following  letter: 

"In  pursuance  of  the  power  vested  in  us,  by  virtue  of  a 
resolution  of  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania, 
adopted  on  the  21st  day  of  November,  A.  D.  1825,  A.  L. 
5825,  we  do  hereby  authorize  and  empower  the  W.  M.  and 
brethren  of  Lodge  No.  107  to  surrender  the  warrant  there- 
of to  us  and  to  apply  to  the  R.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois 
to  hold  a  Lodge  under  warrant  from  that  Grand  Lodge. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  2^ 

"Given  under  our  hand  and  seal  the  30th  day  of  Novem- 
ber, A.  D.  1826,  A.  L.  5826. 

[Seal]  "H.  KiTTERA, 

Grand  Master." 

The  Lodges  which  at  this  time  were  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  were : 

Western  Star,  No.  i,  Kaskaskia,  111. 

Lawrence,  No.  2,  Shawneetown,  111. 

Libanus,  No.  3,  Edwardsville,  111. 

Olive  Branch,  No.  4,  Upper  Alton,  111. 

Vandalia,  No.  5,  Vandalia,  111. 

Union,  No.  6,  Jonesboro',  111. 

Eden,  No.  7,  Covington,  111. 

Hiram,  No.  8. 

Albioii,  No'.  9,  Albion,  111. 

Palestine,  No.  10. 

Green,  No.  11,  Carrolton,  111. 

Illion,  No'.  12. 

Frontier,  No.  13,  Lewistown,  111. 

Lafayette,  No.  14. 

Sangamon,  No.  15,  Springfield,  111. 

None  of  them  survived  and  entered  into  the  organization 
of  the  present,  or  second.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois. 

THE  SECOND,  OR  PRESENT,  GRAND  LODGE. 
Having  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia,  a  direct  descend- 
ant from  the  mother  Grand  Lodge  of  England,  we  will  now 
proceed  to  follow  the  lineage  down  to  the  Grand  Lodges  of 
Kentucky  and  Missouri,  from  whence  (Kentucky)  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  114,  obtained  its  charter,  and  the  Lodges  enter- 
ing intO'  the  foundation  of  the  present  Grand  Lodge  in  1840, 
from  whose  authority  Occidental  Lodge  is  now  working. 

KENTUCKY. 
Five  Lodges  were  established  in  Kentucky  under  war- 


28  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

rants  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia,  the  earliest  of 
which,  in  1788,  was  the  first  Lodge  instituted  west  of  the 
Alleghany  mountains.  These  Lodges  met  in  convention 
October  16,  1800,  and  organized  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ken- 
tucky, the  first  Grand  Lodge  west  of  the  Alleghany  moun- 
tains, by  which  warrants  were  issued  to  Lodges  in  Tennes- 
see, Indiana  and  Missouri,  which  entered  into  the  formation 
of  Grand  Lodges  in  their  respective  states. 

MISSOURL 
Lodges  were  constituted  in  Missouri  by  the  Grand 
Lodges  of  Pennsylvania  in  1807  and  1808,  Tennessee  in 
1816  and  1819,  and  Indiana  in  1820.  Three  of  these  Lodges 
met  in  convention  April  23,  1821,  and  organized  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Missouri. 

OTTAWA  LODGE,  No.  114,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

Tlie  first  Lodge  of  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  organized  in  Ot- 
tawa, Illinois,  was  under  dispensation  from  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Kentucky,  dated  December  19,  1839.  It  was  issued  to 
Henry  D.  Gorbett,  Master,  Benjamin  Thurston,  Senior  War- 
den, and  Andrew  Kirkpatrick,  Junior  Warden.  The  Lodge 
was  toi  be  called  Ottawa  Lodge,  and  the  dispensation  was 
issued  by  M.  W.  George  Breckenridge,  Grand  Master.  Bro. 
Henry  J.  Reid,  stepfather  of  our  late  townsman,  George 
Hayvvard,  who'  lived  on  the  Dayton  road,  about  two  miles 
from  Ottawa,  and  was  known  as  Captain  Reid,  rode  on 
horseback  from  Ottawa,  Illinois,  tO'  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  rep- 
resented Ottawa  Lodge,  U.  D.,  at  the  annual  communica- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  held  at  Louisville, 
Ky.,  in  the  month  of  August,  1840,  and  returned  to  Ottawa 
with  the  charter  for  Ottawa  Lodge,  as  No.  114,  dated  Sep- 
tember I,  1840. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  returns  of  Ottawa  Lodge, 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  29 

U.  D.,  for  the  year  1840;  stated  meetings  on  the  Thursday 
preceding  the  full  moon. 

OFFICERS. 

Henry  D.  Gorbett   Worshipful  Master. 

Benjamin  Thurston Senior  Warden. 

Andrew  Kirkpatrick Junior  Warden. 

James  G.  Armstrong   Secretary. 

David  Wells Treasurer. 

Lucius  Woodrufif Senior  Deacon. 

Flenry  J.  Reid Junior  Deacon. 

William  K.  Brown Steward  and  Tyler. 

Past  Masters:    Henry  D.  Gorbett,  Benjamin  Thurston 

AI aster  Masons:  Luther  Woodward,  Jabez  Fitch,  C.  G. 
Miller,  J.  Hall,  Asa  Holdridge,  Champlain  R.  Potter,  Wil- 
liam L.  Dunavan,  T.  Bole,  Thomas  Russell,  Seth  B.  Farwell, 
J.  Stadden,  G.  F.  Weaver,  W.  F.  Walker,  Benjamin  Thomp- 
son, R.  Miller,  Gilbert  L.  Thompson,  William  Stadden,  J. 
Cooper  (undoubtedly  Jesse  Cooper,  formerly  Sec'y  Western 
Star  Lodge,  at  Kaskaskia,  111.),  Alson  Woodrufif,  James 
Clark,  James  Armour,  A.  R.  Dodge. 

Fellozi'  Crafts:    Aaron  Daniels,  Walter  Lamb. 

Entered  Apprentices:  J.  J.  Hill,  L.  W.  Liske,  Dr.  Hen- 
nessee. 

Returns  from  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  to  Grand  Lodge 
of  Kentucy,  1841 : 

OFFICERS. 

George  H.  Norris Worshipful  Master. 

Lorenzo  P.  Sanger   Senior  Warden. 

James  Armour   Junior  Warden. 

Geo.  F.  Weaver Secretary. 

Marshall  Miller   Treasurer. 

James  W.  Roberts Senior  Deacon. 


30  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Gilbert  L.  Thompson Junior  Deacon. 

Thos.  A.  Henry,  Benj.  Thompson Stewards. 

Joseph  Avery    Tyler. 

Past  Masters:  Benj.  Thurston,  George  H.  Norris,  Benj. 
Thompson,  Henry  D.  Gorbett. 

Master  Masons:  P.  M.  Kilduff,  Z.  H.  Baxter,  Samuel 
Rodecker,  Abram  R.  Dodge,  William  L.  Dunavan,  Thos. 
Russell,  Setli  B.  Farwell,  Walter  Lamb,  Alson  Woodruff, 
Adam  Lamb,  Herman  Whitehead,  C.  H.  Charles. 

Entered  Apprentices:  William  Chumasero,  John  H. 
McFarren,  John  J.  Hill. 

Died:  Lucius  Woodruff,  M.  M.,  Aug.  27,  1840;  Chris- 
tian H.  Charles,  M.  M.,  July  20,  1840;  James  G.  Arm- 
strong, M.  M.,  Dec.  3,  1840. 

Rejected:  Josiah  Fairchild,  about  40,  Mormon  preach- 
er, residence  Dayton,  Illinois,  Feb.  i,  1841. 

Suspended:  W.  F.  Walker,  H.  J.  Reid  and  Jabez  Fitch, 
all  unmasonic  conduct,  Aug.  i,  184 1. 

At  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Kentucky,  September  i,  184 1,  the  committee  on  returns 
made  this  report  about  Ottawa  Lodge: 

"Your  committee  have  also  examined  the  return  of  Ot- 
tawa Lodge,  No.  1 14,  and  find  their  work  correct  and  dues 
paid ;  and  your  committee  would  further  recommend  that 
the  prayer  of  said  Lodge  petitioning  for  a  dissolution  of 
their  allegiance  tO'  this  Grand  Lodge,  and  a  recommenda- 
tion by  this  Grand  Lodge  to  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illi- 
nois be  granted.  Your  committee  would  therefore  recom- 
mend the  adoption  of  the  following  resolution : 

"Resolved,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  do  absolve  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  114,  from  all  allegiance  to  this  Grand  Lodge, 
and  with  pleasure  recommend  said  Lodge  to  the  favorable 
care  and  protection  of  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois; 
said  Ottawa  Lodge  having  conformed  to  all  the  regulations 
of  this  Grand  Lodge  while  under  its  jurisdiction." 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  3I 

During-  the  time  intervening  between  the  last  known  of 
the  first  Grand  Lodge,  April  lo,  1829,  and  the  organization 
of  the  second,  or  present.  Grand  Lodge  in  Illinois,  April  6, 
1840,  the  following  Lodges  were  organized  in  Illinois,  under 
dispensation,  as  follows : 

Bodley  Lodge,  Ouincy,  III,  by  dispensation  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  dated  Aug.  31,  1835. 

Franklin  Lodge,  Alton,  111.,  by  dispensation  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  dated  Dec.  9,  1836.  (This  Lodge 
balloted  for  a  candidate  for  the  third  degree  in  a  lodge  of 
E.  A.,  the  candidate  being  present  at  the  time.) 

Ecjuality  Lodge,  Equality,  111.,  by  dispensation  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  A.  D.  1836.  (The  first  meeting 
was  held  April  7,  1837.) 

Temperance  Lodge,  Vandalia,  111.,  by  dispensation  from 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  dated  June  30,  1838. 

Harmony  Lodge,  Jacksonville,  111.,  by  dispensation  from 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri.     Constituted  Nov.  30,  1838. 

Springfield  Lodge,  Springfield,  111.,  by  dispensation 
from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  dated  February  25, 
1839. 

Columbus  Lodge,  Columbus,  111.,  by  dispensation  from 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  dated  June  3,  1839. 

Far  West  Lodge,  Galena,  111.,  by  dispensation  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  1838.  Chartered  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Missouri,  Oct.  12,  1839,  as  No.  29. 

Mount  Moriah  Lodge,  Hillsboro,  111.,  by  dispensation 
from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri,  dated  August  17,  1839. 

Ottawa  Lodge,  Ottawa,  111.,  by  dispensation  from  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  dated  Dec.  19,  1839.  Charter 
issued  September  i,  1840,  as  No.  114. 

Far  West  Lodge,  No.  29,  Galena,  Grand  Lodge  of  Mis- 
souri, and  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  Ottawa,  Grand  Lodge 


32  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

of  Kentucky,  were  the  first  two  Lodges  organized  in  North- 
ern IlHnois. 

ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  PRESENT   GRAND 
LODGE  OF  ILLINOIS. 

On  the  20th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1840,  A.  L.  5840,  at 
a  convocation  of  Masons,  composed  of  delegates  from  sev- 
eral of  the  subordinate  Lodges  in  Illinois,  held  in  the  Ma- 
sonic Hall,  in  the  town  of  Jacksonville,  it  was  unanimously 

Resolved,  That  it  is  expedient  and  proper  that  a  Grand 
Lodge  for  the  State  of  Illinois  be  established  upon  principles 
consistent  wdth,  and  subordinate  to,  the  general  regulations 
and  ancient  Constitutions  of  Free  Masonry ;  and  that  broth- 
ers W.  B.  Warren  and  V.  S.  Vance,  of  Jacksonville,  and  J. 
Adams  and  M.  Helm,  of  Springfield,  be  a  committee  to  cor- 
respond with  the  several  Lodges  in  the  state,  and  ask  their 
co-operation  and  assistance,  and  request  their  attendance  by 
representative  or  proxy  at  a  convocation  to  be  holden  at 
Jacksonville,  on  the  6th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1840,  A.  L. 
5840,  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  propriety  of  estab- 
lishing a  Grand  Lodge  for  the  State  of  Illinois,  and  deter- 
mining the  best  place  for  locating  same. 

Accordingly,  on  the  6th  day  of  April,  A.  D.  1840,  A.  L. 

5840,  a  convocation  was  held  at  Mason's  Hall,  in  the  town 

of  Jacksonville.     Present : 

J.  T.  Jones Worshipful  Master. 

W.  B.  Warren   Senior  Warden. 

A.  Dunlap Junior  Warden. 

A.  V.  Putnam Secretary. 

S.  W.  Lucas Treasurer. 

W.  S.  Vance Senior  Deacon. 

J.  M.  Lucas   Junior  Deacon, 

A.  C.  Dixon Steward  and  Tyler. 

And  the  following  representatives : 

Bro.  James  Adams,  Springfield  Lodge,  No.  26. 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  33 

Bro.  H.  Rodgers  and  H.  Dills,  Bodley  Lodge,  No.  97. 

Bro.  W.  D.  McCann,  Columbus  Lodge,  No.  20. 

Bro.  J.  T.  Jones,  proxy,  Equality  Lodge,  No.  102. 

Bro.  D.  Rockwell,  proxy.  Far  West  Lodge,  No.  29. 

Bro.  W.  B.  Warren  and  A.  Dunlap,  Harmony  Lodge, 
No,  24. 

The  object  of  the  convocation  held  here  fully  considered, 
the  following  was  adopted : 

''Resolved,  That  the  several  subordinate  Lodges  of  An- 
cient Free  Masonry  in  the  state  of  Illinois  here  assembled, 
represented  by  delegates  and  proxies,  properly  authorized, 
as  a  matter  of  right  and  as  conducive  to  the  general  benefit 
of  Masonry,  that  a  Grand  Lodge  be  established  in  the  state 
of  Illinois,  and  that  they  now  proceed  to  establish,  organize 
and  locate  the  same  accordingly,  to  be  known  and  designated 
by  the  name  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois." 

A  constitution  and  by-laws  for  the  government  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  was  adopted,  and  the  following  grand  officers 
elected : 

M.  W.  Abraham  Jonas Grand  Master. 

R.  W.  James  Adams Deputy  Grand  Master. 

W.  W.  S.  Vance Grand  Senior  Warden. 

H.  Rodgers Grand  Junior  Warden. 

W.  B.  Warren Grand  Secretary. 

A.  Dunlap Grand  Treasurer. 

The  Lodges  entering  into  the  formation  of  the  present 
Grand  Lodge  were  working  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
following  Grand  Lodges : 

Springfield,  No.  26,  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri. 

Equality,  No.  102,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky. 

Bodley,  No.  97,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky. 

Columbus,  No.  20,  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri. 

Far  West,  No.  29,  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri. 

Harmony,  No.  24,  Grand  Lodge  of  Missouri. 
C 


34  THE  WPIITE  APRON. 

On  September  2,  1841,  the  present  Grand  Lodge  being 
organized  and  recognized  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky, 
Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  was  dismissed  from  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky  and  recommended  to 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ilhnois. 

Ottawa  Lodge  took  no  part  in  the  formation  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Ilhnois,  nor  had  it  a  representative  there 
until  1846,  when  it  was  represented  by  Rev.  Charles  V.  Kel- 
ley,  proxy  for  the  Worshipful  Master.  Rev.  Charles  V. 
Kelley  was  elected  Grand  Chaplain  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
October  7,  1845. 

What  Ottawa  Lodge  was  from  the  time  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Kentucky  surrendered  control  over  the  same  until 
its  formal  recognition  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illmois  w^e 
cannot  say,  further  than  that  the  committee  on  work  and 
returns  of  Lodges  reported  in  1843  ^^^  1844  that  no  returns 
had  been  received  from  Ottawa  Lodge,  U.  D. 

This  Lodge  held  its  communications  in  a  room  set  apart 
for  its  use  in  the  old  Mansion  house,  corner  Court  and 
Main  streets,  which  was  at  that  time  the  fashionable  hotel 
of  Ottawa,  and  tradition  has  handed  down  to  us  the  fact 
that  a  certain  prominent  citizen  of  Ottawa  at  that  period  of 
its  history,  having  a  favorable  opinion  of  the  institution  of 
Free  Masonry,  and  being  desirous  of  becoming  a  member 
thereof,  conceived  the  idea  of  secreting  himself  in  the  lodge 
room  to  learn  if  possible  w'hat  trials  and  hardships  he  would 
have  to  endure  to  become  a  full  fledged  ]\Iason.  On  being 
discovered  by  the  brethren,  he  soon  learned,  by  being  pitched 
into  the  middle  of  the  street,  that  his  action  was  severely  re- 
buked by  the  brethren.  He  always  claimed  that  he  had  re- 
ceived two  degrees  in  Masonry  by  being  pitched  down  two 
flights  of  stairs,  and  that  he  would  have  received  the  third, 
had  there  been  another  flight  of  stairs. 

October    14,    1845,    Most   Worshipful   Brother   W.   F. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  35 

Walker,  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  re- 
voked and  annulled  the  dispensation  of  Ottawa  Lodge,  for 
having  justly  forfeited  its  being  by  non-use  of  its  powers 
and  a  non-fulfillment  of  its  duties,  and  at  the  same  time 
granted  a  dispensation  to  brothers  Geo.  H.  Norris,  Maurice 
Murphy,  Alson  Woodruff  and  the  requisite  additional  breth- 
ren, to  form  and  open  a  Lodge  at  Ottawa,  to  be  called  Occi- 
dental Lodge,  designating  and  appointing  brothers  Geo.  H. 
Norris,  Worshipful  Master,  Maurice  Murphy,  Senior  War- 
den, and  Alson  Woodruff,  Junior  Warden.  No  fees  were 
required  for  the  dispensation. 

John  Dean  Caton  and  Milton  H.  Swift  were  raised  De- 
cember II,  1845,  Worshipful  Brother  John  Barney,  Grand 
Lecturer,  presiding,  as  he  also  did  November  29,  1845, 
when  the  above  brethren  and  Brother  Lorenzo  Leland  were 
passed.  A  peculiar  state  of  things  havmg  followed  affecting 
the  interest  of  the  Lodge,  a  dispensation  was  subsequently 
granted  for  holding  an  election,  and  the  first  officers  were 
changed. 

Lorenzo  Leland  was  raised  January  2,  1846,  Theophilus 
Lyle  Dickey  and  Jos.  O.  Glover  January  17th,  Burton  C. 
Cook  February  24th,  Wm.  Osman  June  13th,  Shelby  Doo- 
little,  Wm.  Reddick,  Nov.  30th. 

On  February  6th  brothers  C.  V.  Kelley,  John  D.  Caton, 
T.  Lyle  Dickey  and  M.  H.  Swift  were  appointed  a  commit- 
tee on  the  resolutions  of  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  3,  Jackson- 
ville, Illinois,  which  Lodge  had  complained  to  the  Grand 
Lodsre,  and  forwarded  resolutions  to  the  various  subordi- 
nate  Lodges  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois,  complaining  and  objecting  to  a  certain  lodge  in 
Cook  county  allowing  negro  Masons  to  sit  in  theii  Lodge, 
and  also  to  having  received  petitions  from  negroes  for  the 
degrees,  etc.,  which  resolution  of  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  3, 


36  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

caused  the  following  resolution  to  be  unanimously  adopted 
by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  in  1846 : 

"Resoh'cd,  That  this  Grand  Lodge  is  unqualifiedly  op- 
posed to  the  admission  of  negroes  or  mulattoes  into  Lodges 
under  her  jurisdiction." 

February  24th  Worshipful  Brother  John  Barney  presided 
in  Occidental  Lodge,  at  which  time  brother  Burton  C.  Cook- 
was  raised.  Wm.  Osman  was  passed  June  12th  and  raised 
June  13th,  the  records  stating  that  the  reason  for  the  ap- 
parent haste  was  the  fact  that  Brother  Osman  intended 
leaving  the  country  for  Mexico. 

On  the  23d  of  June,  the  following  officers  were  elected : 

John  D.  Caton Worshipful  Master. 

G.  L.  Thompson Senior  Warden. 

Joseph  Avery   Junior  Warden. 

L.  Leland   Treasurer. 

J.  O.  Glover Secretary. 

B.  C.  Cook Senior  Deacon. 

Marshall  Miller Junior  Deacon. 

August  2 1  St  James  Lafferty  was  appointed  Tyler. 

CONSTITUTION   AND  CHARTER. 

On  Wednesday  morning,  October  7,  1846,  A.  L.  5846, 
at  the  seventh  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois,  held  in  the  city  of  Peoria,  the  committee  on  Lodges 
U.  D.,  consisting  of  brothers  H.  Dills,  W.  W.  Happy  and 
A.  R.  Robinson,  examined  the  by-laws,  returns  and  work  of 
Occidental  Lodge,  U.  D.,  and  found  them  correct,  and  a 
charter  prayed  for  by  brothers  J.  D.  Caton,  G.  L.  Thomp- 
son, Joseph  Avery  and  the  requisite  number  of  brethren, 
and  the  committee  recommended  the  adoption  of  the  follow- 
ing resolution : 

Re^olvd'd,  That  a  charter  issue  to  said  Lodge  as  Occi^ 
dental  Lodge,  No.  40,  and  that  brother  Chas.  V.  Kelley  be 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  2>7 

invited  to  take  a  seat  as  proxy  for  the  Worshipful  Master  of 
said  Lodge. 

(Signed)     H.  Dills, 

W.  W.  Happy, 
A.  R.  Robinson, 

Committee. 

On  motion  the  report  was  accepted,  and  the  resolution 
was  adopted,  and  on  the  same  date  a  charter  was  issued,  and 
on  October  lo,  1846,  Occidental  Lodge  was  duly  constituted 
as  No'.  40,  and  brother  John  D.  Caton  installed  as  Master. 

The  returns  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  in  1846  showed  that  the  Lodge  then  met  on  the  first 
and  third  Fridays  of  each  month,  and  that  the  officers  were 
as  follows : 

George  H.  Norris   Worshipful  Master. 

Rev.  Chas.  V.  Kelley Senior  Warden  and  Chaplain. 

Alson  Woodruff Junior  Warden. 

Gilbert  L.  Thompson Treasurer. 

Milton  H.  Swift Secretary. 

Burton  C.  Cook Senior  Deacon. 

Marshall  Miller Junior  Deacon. 

James  Lafferty   Tyler. 

Past  Masters:  Jacob  B.  Rich,  Thomas  Tracey,  John  D. 
Caton. 

Master  Masons:  Lorenzo  Leland,  Matthew  Diamond, 
Daniel  Newton,  William  K.  Brown,  David  Walker,  John 
Palmer,  William  Osman,  Theophilus  L.  Dickey,  Joseph 
Avery,  William  H.  L.  Wallace,  Daniel  Lyons,  Shelby  Doo- 
little,  Edward  Bacon,  J.  Otis  Glover. 

Entered  Apprentices:  William  Reddick,  Madison  E. 
Hollister,  William  Palmer. 

Initiated:  Milton  H.  Swift,  William  Osman,  J.  Otis 
Glover,  John  D.  Caton,  Shelby  Doolittle,  William  H.  L. 
Wallace,  Madison  E.  Hollister,  Burton  C.  Cook,  Lorenzo 
Leland,  William  Reddick. 


38  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Passed:  Milton  H.  Swift,  Shelby  Doolittle,  Lorenzo  Le- 
land,  John  D.  Caton,  Burton  C.  Cook,  William  H.  L.  Wal- 
lace, William  Osman,  Theophilus  L.  Dickey,  J.  Otis  Glover, 

Raised:  Milton  H.  Swift,  William  H.  L.  Wallace,  Lo- 
renzo Leland,  John  D.  Caton,  William  Osman,  Shelby  Doo- 
little, Theophilus  L.  Dickey,  Burton  C.  Cook,  J.  Otis  Glover, 

Admitted:  Marshall  Miller,  Matthew  Diamond,  Ed- 
ward Bacon,  Thomas  Tracy,  Daniel  Newton,  Joseph  Avery, 
William  K.  Brown,  James  Lafferty,  David  Walker. 

One  petition  was  rejected. 

Occidental  Lodge  had  at  this  time  a  membership  of  25, 
and  paid  $6.25  Grand  Lodge  dues,  and  $6.25  to  the  Grand 
Charity  fund.  They  also  paid  the  Grand  Lodge  $2.00  for  a 
seal  for  the  Lodge. 

1847. 
June  18,  1847,  the  following  officers  were  elected  in  Oc- 
cidental Lodge : 

GillDert  L.  Thompson   Worshipful  Master. 

David  Walker Senior  Warden. 

Burton  C.  Cook Junior  Warden, 

Lorenzo  Leland   Treasurer, 

Madison  E.   Hollister    Secretary, 

H.  W.  Hopkins Senior  Deacon, 

James  Lafferty Junior  Deacon, 

Past  Masters:    George  H.  Norris,  John  Dean  Caton. 

Raised:  William  Reddick,  M.  E.  Hollister,  William 
Palmer,  George  W,  Hyde,  H.  W.  Hopkins,  John  Dillon. 

Affiliated:  A.  Keefer,  William  Baldwin,  William  Rich- 
ardson. 

The  election  of  officers  was  for  some  cause  suspended 
on  June  i8th  and  resumed  on  June  24th,  when  M.  E.  Hol- 
lister was  elected  Secretary  and  H.  W.  Hopkins  and  James 
Lafferty,  Deacons. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  39 

On  August  20th  it  was  resolved  that  every  brother  ab- 
sent from  the  Lodge  at  regular  meetings,  unless  excused, 
should  be  fined   6yl  cents;   if  an  officer,  125^  cents. 

In  1845  the  Grand  Lodge  adopted  a  resolution  requiring 
all  Lodges  under  her  jurisdiction  to  transact  all  their  busi- 
ness in  a  Lodge  of  Master  Masons,  except  conferring  the 
first  and  second  degrees.  Prior  to  1845,  ^^  previously 
stated,  the  business  of  the  Lodges,  except  conferring  the  sec- 
ond and  third  degrees,  was  transacted  in  the  lodges  of  En- 
tered Apprentices. 

On  Monday  afternoon,  October  6,  1845,  at  the  fifth 
annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  Rev.  Bro.  W.  F. 
Walker  offered  the 'following  resolution,  which  was  laid  on 
the  table  until  the  following  day,  when  it  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  Lodges  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
this  Grand  Lodge  be,  and  are  hereby,  instructed  to  require 
of  every  candidate  initiated,  that  he  perfect  himself  in  the 
lecture  appertaining  to  the  first  degree  before  being  passed 
to  the  second,  and  in  that  of  the  second  before  being  raised  to 
the  third;  and  in  that  of  the  third  degree  within  one  year 
from  the  time  of  his  being  raised;  and  that  he  satisfy  the 
brethren,  by  examination  in  open  Lodge,  of  his  being  so  per- 
fected ;  and  that  the  Worshipful  Master  of  each  Lodge  is 
expected  to  provide  for  such  instruction  being  given  in  each 
case  as  is  contemplated  by  this  resolution. 

1848. 
August  21,  1848,  the  following  officers  were  elected: 

William  H.  L.  Wallace Worshipful  Master. 

Burton  C.  Cook Senior  Warden. 

H.  W.  Hopkins   Junior  Warden. 

L.   Leland    Treasurer. 

William  Osman Secretary. 

John  D.  Caton Senior  Deacon. 

William  Reddick   Junior  Deacon, 

Rev.  C.  V.  Kelley Chaplain. 

William  K.  Brown Tyler. 


40  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

These  officers  were  not  installed  until  February,  1849. 

On  the  17th  of  January,  1848,  the  death  of  Bro.  Shelby 
Doo'little  was  announced  to  the  Lodge  as  having  occurred 
on  the  9th  inst.,  at  Princeton,  111.  This  was  the  first  death 
among  the  brothers  of  Occidental  Lodge. 

Brother  B.  B.  Fellows  was  raised  August  7,  1848,  and 
was  the  only  work  done  by  Occidental  Lodge  in  1848. 

W.  L.  Dunavan,  formerly  a  member  of  Ottawa  Lodge, 
A.  Delano   and  F.  Mendelbaum,  affiliated. 

1849. 
On  October  i,  1849,  the  following  officers  were  elected: 

William  H.  L.  Wallace Worshipful  Master. 

David  Walker    Senior  Warden. 

F.  Mandelbaum    Junior  Warden. 

M.  E.  Hollister Treasurer, 

William  Osman    Secretary. 

George  H.  Norris   Senior  Deacon. 

James  Lafferty Junior  Deacon. 

W.  K.  Brown   Tyler. 

Two  brothers  were  raised  in  1849,  Nelson  Knicker- 
bocker, April  2d,  and  John  M.  Quimby,  October  15th. 

N.  P.  Heath  and  Henry  Beach  affiliated. 

Bro.  J.  B.  Rich  died  at  sunrise  this  morning,  Dec.  23d 
(record),  and  Occidental  Lodge  performed  the  funeral 
services  and  deposited  the  sprig  of  acacia  in  the  grave  of 
Bro.  Rich  Dec.  24,  1849.  This  was  the  first  Masonic  fu- 
neral by  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

General  W.  H.  L.  Wallace  represented  Occidental 
Lodge,  No.  40,  at  the  Grand  Lodge  in  April,  1850,  and  the 
name  of  Thomas  J.  Wade  appears  as  representing  Mount 
Joliet  Lodge,  No.  42,  at  the  same  communication  of  the 
Grand  Lodge. 

It  appears  that  the  Grand  Lodge  did  not  meet  in  1849, 


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but  met,  as  above  stated,  in  April,  1850,  and  again  in  Octo- 
ber, 1850. 

W.  H.  L.  Wallace  was  Grand  Sword  Bearer  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  in  1849. 

1850. 
The  officers  of  Occidental  Lodge  for  1850  were: 

John  D.  Caton Worshipful  Master. 

George  H.  Norris Senior  Warden. 

F.  Mandelbaum    Junior  Warden. 

William    Reddick    Treasurer. 

H.   Beach    Secretary. 

N.  P.  Heath    Senior  Deacon. 

G.  L.   Thompson    Junior   Deacon. 

J.  M.  Quimby Tyler. 

But  one  brother,  Philo'  Lindley,  was  raised  in  1850,  on 
Dec.  23d. 

James  Lafferty  and  Joseph  Avery  demitted,  and  Wil- 
liam K.  Brown  died  August  16,  1850,  and  was  buried  in  Ot- 
tawa Avenue  cemetery. 

Thomas  L.  Boughton,  E.  A.,  died  May  31,  1850,  and  is 
buried  in  the  Ottawa  Avenue  cemetery. 

W.  H.  L.  Wallace  represented  Occidental  Lodge  at  the 
communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  April,  1850. 

1851. 

The  officers  of  Occidental  Lodge  in  185 1  were: 

John  Dean  Caton Worshipful  Master, 

Arthur  Lockwood    Senior  Warden. 

Wm.  L.  Gibson   Junior  Warden. 

Rev.  C.  V.  Kelly    Chaplain. 

Wm.   Palmer    Treasurer. 

Philo   Lindley    Secretary. 

E.  C.  Henshaw Senior  Deacon. 

H.    W.    Hopkins    Junior   Deacon. 

John  M.  Quimby    Tyler. 


42  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Initiated:    George  S.  Fisher  (no  further  record). 

Raised:  Arthur  Lockwood,  Edward  C.  Henshaw,  Wil- 
liam L.  Gibson,  William  I.  Moore  and  John  Fiske  Nash. 

Amiiated:  C.  G.  Miller,  A.  N.  Tuttle  and  H.  ^I.  Kel- 
logg. 

D emitted:    G.  W.  Hyde  and  Henry  Beach. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  A.  Keefer,  A.  Delano  and  Wm. 
Richardson. 

It  seems  Occidental  Lodge  had  no  regular  time  for  hold- 
ing elections  in  the  early  days,  as  any  time  from  April  to 
October  seemed  to  suit. 

1852. 

No  returns  were  made  to  the  Grand  Lodge  by  Occidental 
Lodge  in  1852, 

Brother  Philo  Lindley  was  Worshipful  Master.  Broth- 
er John  D.  Caton  represented  Occidental  Lodge  at  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Jurisprudence  Committee. 

The  following  brethren  were  raised  :  Daniel  D.  Thomp- 
son, Lipman  Raugh,  R.  Eaton  Goodell,  Wm.  P.  Thomas 
(or  Thompson),  A.  Vogle,  J.  J.  Finley,  D.  Mcintosh. 

P.  V.  N.  Smith  and  Ira  Patton  affiliated. 

E.  C.  Henshaw  and  Frank  Mandelbaum  demitted. 

John  Palmer  died  July  22d. 

1853. 

John  M.  Quimby Worshipful  Master. 

Alexander  Magill Senior  Warden. 

Marshall  Miller    Junior  Warden. 

William    Palmer    Treasurer. 

Isaac  V.  Waterman   Secretary. 

Rev.  Chas.  V.  Kelly Chaplain. 

John  F.  Nash    Senior  Deacon. 

Bradford  C.  Mitchell    Junior  Deacon. 

John  Dean  Caton Steward. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  43 

Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey   Steward. 

Madison  E.  Hollister Steward. 

William  Masters    Tyler 

Raised:  Alexander  Magill,  Bradford  C.  Mitchell,  Jared 
B.  Ford,  Isaac  V.  Waterman,  Joshua  Whitmore  and  George 
Churchill. 

Affiliated:    Isaac  Reed,  Henry  Moore  and  Wm.  Masters. 

D emitted:    Wm.  I.  Moore  and  Thomas  Tracy. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  offices  of  stewards  were  filled 
by  three  of  the  most  distinguished  members  of  the  lodge — 
two  of  whom  were  in  later  years  judges  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Illinois,  and  the  other  judge  of  the  Circuit  Court 
and,  later,  Supreme  Judge  Supreme  Court  of  Idaho. 

1854. 
The  officers  of  Occidental  Lodge  in  1854  were: 

Oliver  Cromwell  Gray Worshipful  Master. 

Alexander  Magill   Senior  Warden. 

Joshua  Whitmore    Junior  Warden. 

Philo  Lindley  (P.  M.)    Treasurer. 

William  L.  Gibson Secretary. 

Rev.  Chas.  V.  Kelly Chaplain. 

John  F.  Nash Senior  Deacon. 

William  P.  Thomas  (or  Thompson)   Junior  Deacon. 

John  M.  Quimby  (P.  M.) Steward. 

William  Palmer   Steward. 

David  Robbins  Gregg Tyler. 

Raised:  David  Robbins  Gregg,  W.  W.  Cavarly,  Theo- 
dore Hay,  Silas  W.  Cheever,  Robert  Hickling,  Wm.  C. 
Smith,  Avon  Pearson,  Azro  C.  Putnam,  Reuben  Sherman, 
Wesley  B.  Hall,  John  Morrill,  Moses  R.  Brown,  Henry  P. 
Brunker,  Wm.  Fry,  Rev.  S.  F.  Denning  and  Francis  C. 
Warner. 

The  records  show  one  Eli  Plumb  as  having  been  initiated 
only,  and  no  further  record  can  be  found. 


44  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Affiliated:  Oliver  Cromwell  Gray,  John  Stout,  Thomas 
Jefferson  Wade,  Daniel  C.  Stone,  Richard  Stadden,  Chaim- 
cey  U.  Wade,  Frank  C.  Flora,  John  D.  Morgan  and 
Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt. 

1855- 
The  officers  of  Occidental  Lodge  were : 

Thos.  J.  Wade Worshipful  Master. 

Oliver  C.  Gray Senior  Warden. 

Daniel  D.  Thompson    Junior  Warden. 

Philo  Lindley   (P.  M.) Treasurer. 

Lipman    Raugh    Secretary. 

Rev.  S.  F.  Denning Chaplain. 

John  F.  Nash Senior  Deacon. 

John  Morrill Junior  Deacon. 

John  M.  Quimby  (P.  M.) Steward. 

William  Palmer   Steward. 

David  R.  Gregg Tyler. 

Raised:  Charles  Turk,  Aaron  Daniels,  R.  W.  Batchel- 
ler,  William  P.  Gregg,  Edward  L.  Herrick,  James  Hathe- 
way,  Henry  G.  Cotton,  Joseph  Ware. 

Affiliated:  Octavius  R.  Hanbury,  Qiarles  Phillips,  F. 
S.  McNamara  and  William  Breg. 

Demitted:  R.  Eaton  Goodell,  Henry  W.  Hopkins, 
Theophilus  L.  Dickey,  Aaron  Daniels,  A.  N.  Tuttle,  D.  C. 
Stone,  David  Mcintosh  and  Charles  Phillips. 

Initiated:  Richard  Tliorne  and  Casper  Meyer.  No  rec- 
ord of  their  having  taken  any  other  steps  in  Masonry. 

Died:  W.  W.  Cavarly  and  Wm.  P.  Thomas  (or  Thomp- 
son). 

1856. 

The  officers  of  Occidental  Lodge  were : 

Philo  Lindley Worshipful  Master. 

Daniel  D.  Thompson Senior  Warden. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  45 

John  F.  Nash  Junior  Warden. 

Edward  L.   Herrick    Treasurer. 

Lipinan  Raugh   Secretary. 

John  Morrill    Senior  Deacon. 

Wm.  C.  Smith Junior  Deacon. 

John  M.  Ouimby  (P.  M.) Steward. 

William  Palmer   Steward. 

David  R.  Gregg Tyler 

Raised:  Levi  Mason,  Theodore  Cunningham  Gibson, 
William  C.  Fash,  George  M.  Dunavan,  George  W.  Fuchs. 

Amiiatcd:  Edward  M.  Wade,  Henry  D.  Gorbett,  Wil- 
liam L.  Dunavan  and  Quincy  D.  Whitman. 

Fclloztf  Craft:    Orville  L.  Moore. 

Initiated  only:  R.  F.  Taylor,  W.  L.  F.  Jones  and  War- 
ren R.  Brundage. 

Deinittcd:  R.  W.  Batcheller,  Henry  Moore  and  Joseph 
Ware. 

Died:    Henry  G.  Cotton,  Sr.,  and  Alson  Woodruff. 

1857- 
Officers  of  Occidental  Lodge  were : 

Thos.  J.  Wade Worshipful  Master. 

John  F.  Nash Senior  Warden, 

John  Morrill Junior  Warden. 

Edward  L.  Herrick Treasurer. 

Avon   Pearson    Secretary. 

Wesley  B.  Hall Senior  Deacon. 

Levi  Mason   Junior  Deacon. 

W.  P.  Gregg Tyler. 

Raised:  Joseph  Ford,  John  M.  Earl,  Moses  D.  Calkins, 
Jeremiah  Abbey,  Erasmus  N.  Jenks,  William  K.  Stewart, 
Joseph  Cushman  Hatheway  and  Charles  H.  Froese,  F.  C. 
only. 

Affiliated:  Adolph  Hoffman,  Samuel  Eyster,  Coleman 
Olmstead  and  Daniel  C.  Stone. 


46  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Dciiiittcd:  D.  F.  Hitt,  James  Hatheway,  S.  F.  Denning 
and  R.  Stadden. 

Thomas  J.  Wade  was  appointed  Grand  Lecturer  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  this  year. 

1858. 

The  officers  for  1858  were: 

Burton  C.  Cook Worshipful  IMaster. 

John  ]\Iorrill Senior  Warden. 

Levi  Mason Junior  Warden. 

Bradford  C.  Mitchell Treasurer. 

Avon   Pearson    Secretary. 

Rev.  Chas.  P.  Clark Chaplain. 

Wesley  B.  Hall Senior  Deacon. 

John  ^L  Earl Junior  Deacon. 

Quincy  D.  Whitman Senior  Steward. 

Frank  Warner   Junior  Steward. 

Wm.  P.  Gregg   Tyler. 

Raised:  Hosea  B.  Williams,  Simon  Zimmerman,  Solo- 
mon Degen,  Nelson  Conrad,  Julius  C.  Avery,  Holmes  Slade, 
Samuel  A.  W.  Jewett  and  Samuel  C.  Walker. 

Affiliated:  Theron  Johnson,  James  Russ  Murphy,  Dan- 
iel H.  Ashton  and  H.  F.  Clark. 

Franklin  D.  Sweetser  received  the  E.  A.  Degree  and 
never  went  any  further. 

D emitted:    Robert  Hickling. 

Thos.  J.  Wade  was  again  appointed  Grand  Lecturer  for 
Illinois  by  the  Grand  Master. 

There  is  no  record  that  Rev.  Chas.  P.  Clark  was  a  mem- 
ber of  Occidental  Lodge.  It  was  customar}^  at  times  in 
early  days  to  appoint  the  Chaplain  from  among  the  minis- 
try, if  they  were  Masons,  regardless  of  their  affiliation. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  47 

1859. 
OFFICERS. 

Thomas  J.  Wade Worshipful  Master. 

Levi  Mason   Senior  Warden. 

Wesley  B.  Hall   Junior  Warden. 

Philo  Lindley  (P.  M.)    Treasurer. 

Henry  F.  Clark   Secretary. 

Rev.  Samuel  A.  W.  Jewett Chaplain. 

Julius  Avery   Senior  Deacon. 

John  M.  Earl Junior  Deacon. 

Daniel  D.  Thompson Senior  Steward. 

Azro  C.  Putnam Junior  Steward. 

William  K.  Stewart Tyler. 

Raised:  W.  G.  Earl,  James  Keeler,  John  F.  Lamb,  Sam- 
uel D.  Cole,  Isaac  R.  Hill,  W.  A.  McCullom,  S.  O.  Wade, 
Henry  Gondolf,  Calvin  Wilson,  Samuel  Thanhauser,  R. 
P.  Vorce,  Frank  J.  Crawford  and  George  H.  Walker. 

Admitted:  Herman  Alschuler,  Robert  H.  Pierce,  Wells 
Wait,  J.  W.  Fay  and  George  J.  Burgess. 

D emitted:  George  H.  Norris,  Henry  D.  Gorbett,  John 
M.  Ouimby,  Dan.  C.  Stone,  N.  P.  Heath,  Daniel  F.  New- 
ton, J.  J.  Finley  and  P.  V.  N.  Smith. 

During  the  year  death  claimed  as  her  reward  Bradford 
C.  Mitchell,  father  of  Bro.  Marshall  B.  Mitchell,  James  Russ 
Murphy  and  Orville  C.  Moore,  Fellowcraft.  Bro.  Bradford 
C.  Mitchell  died  Sept.  i8,  1858,  and  was  buried  with  Ma- 
sonic honors,  and  the  writer,  at  that  time,  a  small  boy,  re- 
members this  as  the  first  Masonic  funeral  and  procession  of 
the  brethren  witnessed  by  him.  Brother  Mitchell  was 
Treasurer  of  Occidental  Lodge  when  he  died. 

Brother  Orville  L.  Moore,  Fellow  Craft,  lies  buried  in 
Ottawa  Avenue  cemetery,  and  his  monument  was  erected  by 
the  members  of  the  Illinois  and  Mississippi  telegraph  oper- 
ators, whose  instrument  factory  was  at  that  time  located  in 


48  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Ottawa.    Bro.  Moore  was  the  first  telegraph  operator  to  re- 
ceive messages  by  sound. 

Henry  D.  Gorbett  demitted  in  1859,  and  was  elected 
Chaplain  of  Cement  Lodge,  at  Utica,  111.,  which  was  or- 
ganized in  1859. 

i860. 

OFFICERS. 

Levi  Mason   Worshipful  Master. 

D.  D.  Thompson   Senior  Warden. 

W.  L.  Gibson   Junior  Warden. 

P.  Lindley    Treasurer. 

O.  D.  Whitman    Secretary. 

C.  G.  Miller Senior  Deacon. 

S.   Thanhauser    Junior  Deacon. 

J.  C.  Hatheway Senior  Steward. 

C.  Wilson Junior  Steward. 

C.  S.  C.  Crane   Tyler. 

Raised:  George  B.  Schneider,  Cornelius  Claggett,  J.  B. 
Rice,  Joel  Pierce,  Geo.  W.  Adams  and  O.  P.  Stumph. 

Admitted:    C.  S.  C.  Crane. 

Demitted:  Joshua  Whitmore,  William  Smith,  James 
Keeler,  Holmes  Slade  and  Nelson  Conrad. 

Initiated:    C.  A.  Mathewson  and  Samuel  R.  Lewis. 

Suspended N.  P.  D.:  Francis  McNamara,  Theron  John- 
son, William  C.  Fash,  Adolph  Hoffman. 

Died:    Theodore  Hay,  Sept.  26,  i860. 

1861. 

OFFICERS. 

D.  D.  Thompson Worshipful  Master. 

W.  L.  Gibson   Senior  Warden. 

H.  F.  Clark Junior  Warden. 

Geo.  W.  Adams Treasurer, 

J.  W.  Fay Secretary. 


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S.  Thanhauser   Senior  Deacon. 

T.  C.  Gibson Junior  Deacon. 

C.  S.  C.  Crane Tyler. 

Raised:  John  Powe,  E.  C.  Hatheway,  N.  A.  Heinsfere- 
ter,  A.  H.  Strobel,  T.  H.  Clark,  W.  S.  Easton,  A.  Wolford, 

D.  Hapeman,  E.  J.  Campbell,  Charles  Stout,  D.  M. 
Clarke,  George  Cloud,  C.  Huston,  S.  B.  Griswold,  E.  G. 
Halbert  and  H.  C.  Nash. 

Admitted:    S.  B.  Olmstead,  E.  S.  Hobert  and  J.  Colwell. 
D emitted:     William  Breg,   John   M.   Earl   and   R.    P. 
Vorce. 

1862. 

OFFICERS. 

D.  D.  Thompson Worshipful  Master. 

E.  L.  Herrick    Senior  Warden. 

J.  B.  Rice Junior  Warden. 

C.  Stout    Treasurer. 

J.  W.  Fay Secretary, 

G.  W.  Adams Senior  Deacon. 

E.  S.  Hobert Junior  Deacon. 

C.  S.  C.  Crane Tyler. 

Raised:  J.  R.  Cameron,  J.  O.  Harris,  D.  P.  Jones,  E.  L. 
Armstrong,  G.  Koch,  M.  Osman,  P.  S.  McKay,  G.  B.  Mor- 
gan, F.  F.  Maybury,  F.  F.  Brower,  Geo.  S.  Stebbins,  Geo. 
B.  Mitchell,  A.  B.  Moore,  W.  H.  Williams,  C.  Irion  and 
John  A.  Carton. 

Admitted:    S.  Harvey,  D.  H.  Porter. 

Demitted:  George  H.  Walker,  George  Cloud,  P.  S. 
McKay,  C.  W.  Adams,  C.  Wilson,  S.  Harvey  and  S.  O. 
Wade. 

General  W.  H.  L.  Wallace  killed  in  the  battle  of  Shiloh. 

1863. 

OFFICERS. 

John  F.  Nash Worshipful  Master. 

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50  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

T.  C.  Gibson Senior  Warden. 

John  Stout Junior  Warden. 

J.  R.  Cameron Treasurer. 

W.  S.  Easton   Secretary. 

Qias.  Stout   Senior  Deacon. 

C.  Claggett Junior  Deacon. 

H.  Alschuler   Senior  Steward. 

Samuel  D.  Cole Junior  Steward. 

George  J.  Burgess   Tyler. 

Rai>sed:  S.  H.  Hill,  S.  Poundstone,  Chas.  Houghtaling, 
W.  W.  Gardner,  T.  Y.  Mickle,  George  Beatty,  R.  W.  King, 
R.  M.  McArthur,  George  Woelfel,  Joseph  Gondolf,  J.  C. 
Warner  and  Justus  Harris, 

Demitted:  I.  V.  Waterman,  N.  A.  Heinsfereter  and 
John  F.  Lamb. 

Died:  Jared  B.  Ford,  C.  U.  Wade,  F.  C.  Flora  and 
Chas.  Turk. 

Initiated  only:    James  Spencer. 

1864. 

OFFICERS. 

J.  F.  Nash Worshipful  Master. 

W.  S.  Easton Senior  Warden. 

Chas.  Stout Junior  Warden. 

J.  R.  Cameron Treasurer. 

J.  W.  Fay Secretary. 

Henry  Gondolf   Senior  Deacon. 

W.  K.  Stewart   Junior  Deacon. 

Geo.  Beatty Senior  Steward. 

Chas.  Huston Junior  Steward. 

George  J.  Burgess    Tyler. 

Raised:  T.  C.  Fullerton.  Thos  I.  Conger,  F.  G.  King, 
S.  I.  Haney,  S.  M.  Pettingill,  C.  G.  Lutz,  H.  Warlick,  J.  F. 
Marriner,  Edward  C.  Mills,  Henry  Bilharz,  L.  N.  Kennedy, 
Samuel  Degen  and  Washington  Bushnell. 

Admitted:    Oscar  H.  Mann,  A.  E.  Gibbs  and  W.  E.  Bell. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  '51 

Initiated:  C.  P.  Stimpson  and  J.  B.  Smith,  who  died 
the  same  month.  James  Way  received  E.  A.  (and  second, 
and  third  in  No.  417,  Marseilles,  111.). 

D emitted:  T.  Johnson,  W.  H.  Williams,  Joshn^toiit  and' 
Geo.  Woelfel. 

Philo  Lindley  was  killed  in  battle  at  Altoona  June  25, 
1864,  and  his  remains  were  brought  to  Ottawa  and  lay  in 
state  in  the  court  house,  from  thence  they  were  conveyed  to 
the  Ottawa  Avenue  cemetery,  and  deposited  in  their  last 
resting  place  by  Occidental  Lodge.  S.  I.  Haney  and  Thos. 
I.  Conger  were  also  killed  in  battle. 

No  officers  reported  in  proceedings  of  1865,  1866,  1867, 
1868,  1869  and  1870,  except  the  Masters. 

1865. 
W.  S.  Easton Worshipful  Master. 

Raised:  Sidney  C.  Bates,  Henry  M.  Godfrey,  Jacob 
Hess,  W.  H.  Carey,  Mathew  B.  Lamb,  Thomas  Ryburn, 
Simon  Alschuler,  Champlain  P.  Chester,  John  F.  Gibson, 
Francis  L.  Fiske,  Frank  B.  Chapman,  Warren  V.  Cooley, 
Randall  Lyman,  A.  P.  Barnes,  Jacob  Schmid  and  John  L. 
Morrison. 

Amiiated:  M.  F.  Goodspeed,  F.  P.  Childs  and  J.  M. 
Crosby. 

Deniitted:  E.  J.  Campbell,  J.  W.  Fay,  Levi  Mason, 
Wm.  A.  McCulIom,  S.  B.  Olmstead,  R.  H.  Pierce,  David 
Walker,  R.  W.  Batcheller,  E.  G.  Halbert,  G.  B.  Morgan, 
Avon  Pearson,  A.  C.  Putnam  and  O.  P.  Stumph. 

Died:    S.  M.  Pettingill. 

Initiated:  H.  D.  Williams  (Passed  and  Raised  in  Polar 
Star  Lodge,  No.  113,  Iowa). 


52  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

1866. 

W.  S.  Easton Worshipful  Master. 

Raised:  Ozell  Trask,  Peleg  A.  Hall,  Robert  Henning, 
William  H.  Cushman,  Francis  B.  Metcalf,  A.  E.  Grow,  Rob- 
ert G.  Murphy  and  Henry  Koch. 

Affiliated:  Wm.  C.  Smith,  Leman  A.  Rising,  Wm.  S. 
Jackson  and  Edward  H.  Smith. 

Initiated:    Wm.  N.  Richardson  and  Jesse  B.  Charles. 

D emitted:  Albert  Wolford,  Gustav  Koch,  Moses  Os- 
man,  James  C.  Warner,  Thomas  C.  Fullerton,  A.  P.  Barnes, 
Samuel  A.  W.  Jewett,  Moses  R.  Brown,  Erasmus  N.  Jenks 
and  F.  F.  Maybury, 

1867. 
W.  S.  Easton Worshipful  Master. 

Raised:  George  W.  Cummings,  Charles  Henry  Nattin- 
ger,  Gilbert  Goff,  William  H.  Long,  Benjamin  Padgett,  Jo- 
seph W.  Dow,  Alexander  Hanna,  John  A.  Gray,  Frederick 
F.  Crane,  A.  D.  Simon,  Andrew  J.  Sawyer,  John  H.  Druitt, 
F.  P.  Duplain,  Ebenezer  E.  Lewis,  N.  C.  Walker,  S.  Thor- 
sen  and  D.  Batcheller. 

Initiated:  W.  J.  Pigott,  Abram  Cummings  and  Harvey 
J.  Logan. 

Demitted:  Wm.  H.  Cushman,  J.  R.  Hill,  C.  G.  Miller, 
C.  Claggett,  L.  Raugh,  Henry  Bilharz,  Wells  Wait,  John  A. 
Carton,  Chas.  Houghtaling,  Jacob  Schmid,  Henry  Koch, 
Jacob  Hess,  Herman  Warlick,  C.  G.  Lutz,  Henry  Gondolf, 
Joseph  Gondolf,  Christian  Irion,  A.  H.  Strobel  and  Herman 
Alschuler. 

Admitted:  Ross  Denny,  James  Rhoads,  Robert  E. 
Riale,  Frank  B.  Stearns,  Wm.  Cullen,  Wm.  E.  Bowman, 
George  W.  Francis,  Avon  Pearson. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  53 

SitrSpended:  Daniel  H.  Ashton,  Reuben  Sherman  and  S. 
B.  Griswold. 

Expelled:  Marshall  Miller,  for  disobedience  of  sum- 
mons to  pay  dues. 

Died:  Alexander  W.  Magill  and  Geo.  S.  Stebbins,  both 
of  whom  were  buried  with  Masonic  honors. 

On  March  14,  1867,  permission  was  given  Polar  Star 
Lodge,  No.  113,  Iowa,  to  confer  the  Fellow  Craft  and  Mas- 
ter Mason  degrees  on  H.  D.  Williams,  who  was  initiated  in 
Occidental  Lodge  October  i6,  1865. 

A  general  Masonic  celebration  of  St.  John's  day  was  held 
in  Ottawa  June  24,  1867,  and  was  one  of  the  greatest  Ma- 
sonic events  ever  held  in  Ottawa.  Masonic  Lodges  and 
Commanderies  of  Knights  Templar  from  surrounding 
towns  participated,  and  the  Masonic  procession,  under  escort 
of  Commanderies  of  Knights  Templar,  was  the  most  im- 
posing ever  witnessed  in  Ottawa.  A  festival  and  speaking 
was  the  program  in  Washington  park,  and  a  Masonic  ball 
was  the  social  feature  in  the  evening  in  Washington  hall. 

A  charter  was  granted  to  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555, 
October  i,  1867,  and  the  following  severed  their  member- 
ship with  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  November  18,  1867, 
and  became  charter  members  of  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555  : 

H.  Alschuler,  Geo.  W.  Fuchs,  A.  H.  Strobel,  Christian 
Irion,  Joseph  Gondolf,  H.  Warlick,  C,  G.  Lutz,  Jacob 
Schmid,  Henry  Koch  and  Henry  Gondolf. 

1868. 

W.  S.  Easton Worshipful  Master. 

Raised:  John  F.  MacKinlay,  Fred  March,  Edwin  Coan, 
Francis  M.  Rose,  Walter  Todd,  Austin  C.  Cregar,  John  W. 
Collins,  James  N.  Col  well,  William  Stadden,  Fernando  C. 
Prescott,  Wm.  A.  Brundage  and  John  H.  Shepherd. 


54  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

AfRUatcd:  Daniel  J.  Holmes,  George  J.  Randell  and 
Isaac  N.  Beem. 

Dcmitted:  Chas.  Huston,  Lewis  N.  Kennedy,  Oscar  H. 
Mann,  Andrew  J.  Sawyer,  Daniel  C.  Stone,  Randall  Lynne 
and  George  W.  Ciimmings. 

Suspended  for  N.  P.  D.:  Ira  Potter  and  M.  E.  Hollis- 
ter.    M.  E.  Hollister  was  reinstated  in  1874. 

June  4,  1868,  W.  S.  Easton,  Julius  Avery  and  Samuel 
C.  Walker,  as  trustees  of  Occidental  Lodge,  purcliased  the 
property  on  which  the  old  Masonic  temple  and  opera  house 
now  stands. 

W.  S.  Easton  was  appointed  District  Deputy  Grand 
Master,  Seventh  Masonic  District. 

1869. 
Geo.  J.  Burgess Worshipful  Master. 

Raised:  James  R.  Cross,  Chas.  M.  Catlin,  Samuel  W. 
Porter,  Obadiah  Jennings,  James  O'Donnell  and  John  Boh- 
lander. 

Amiiated:    William  W.  Estabook  and  Phillip  R.  Martin. 

D emitted:  Edwin  Coan,  George  Churchill,  Ross  Denny, 
Francis  M.  Rose,  Jeremiah  Abbey,  S.  Thanhauser,  Wm.  K. 
Stewart,  W.  S.  Jackson,  D^avid  H.  Porter  and  Walter  Todd, 

Died:    Samuel  Walker,  Oct.  23,  1869. 

Expelled:    J.  F.  Marriner. 

An  act  to  incorporate  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa 
was  approved  March  26,  1869. 

Occidental  Lodge,  assisted  by  Humboldt  Lodge,  under 
escort  of  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10.  Knights  Templar, 
participated  in  the  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  the  soldiers' 
monument,  October  14,  1869.  There  was  a  large  attend- 
ance of  Masons  and  Knights  Templar  from  sister  bodies. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  55 

La  Salle  county  was  changed  to  the  Sixth  Masonic  Dis- 
trict in  1869. 

1870. 
W.  S.  Easton Worshipful  Master. 

Raised:  Edward  K.  Walbridge,  Geo.  G.  Wentz,  Henry 
A.  Rowland,  Wm.  K.  Cash,  Henry  Stead,  Amasa  C.  Childs. 

Affiliated:     Benjamin  S.  Porter,  D wight  W.  Fuller. 

Fellozit  Craft:  Elisha  Smith  (received  M.  M.  Degree 
Rockton  Lodge,  No.  516,  Kent,  Ohio). 

Demitted:  John  W.  Collins,  S.  H.  Hill,  Fred'k  March 
and  Geo.  J.  Rundell. 

Died:  Samuel  C.  Walker,  Julius  C.  Avery  and  Frank 
F.  Brower  (all  prominent  members  of  the  La  Salle  county 
bar;  were  buried  with  Masonic  honors),  and  Charles  H. 
Nattinger. 

Thos.  J.  Wade,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  the 
Eighth  Masonic  District. 

1871. 

OFFICERS. 

Robert  Henning   Worshipful  Master. 

Wm.  W.  Estabrook   Senior  Warden. 

James  C.  Warner Junior  Warden. 

Henry   C.    Nash    Treasurer. 

Wm.  S.  Easton    Secretary. 

Geo.  J.  Burgess    Senior  Deacon. 

Frederick  F.  Crane Junior  Deacon. 

James  N.  Col  well   Senior  Steward. 

Benjamin  S.  Porter    Junior  Steward. 

David  R.  Gregg Tyler. 

Raised:  Albert  J.  Pool,  Thomas,  Thomeley,  James  J. 
Kellogg,  Charles  W.  Cook. 

Affiliated:    Michael  Huthmaker. 

Demitted:    Phillip  R.  Martin,  William  Reddick,  Joseph 


56  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

W.  Dow,  E.  M.  Wade,  Geo.  W.  Francis,  Wm.  H.  Long, 
Charles  Stout,  Colemen  Olmstead,  Dorr  M.  Clark,  Frank  B. 
Chapman,  Seward  Thorson,  Warren  V.  Cooley,  Wm.  W. 
Estabrook. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    Edward  C.  Mills. 

Died:  Champlain  P.  Chester  and  O.  C.  Gray.  O.  C. 
Gray  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  at  the  La 
Salle  coimty  bar.     (See  obituary.) 

Bro.  Thos.  J.  Wade  was  chairman  of  the  committee  to 
examine  visiting  brethren  at  the  annual  communication  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  in  1871. 

Thos.  J.  Wade,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Eighth 
Masonic  District. 

1872. 

OFFICERS. 

Robert  Henning   Worshipful  Master. 

James  C.  Warner Senior  Warden. 

Benjamin  S.  Porter Junior  Warden. 

Henry   C.    Nash    Treasurer. 

Edward   L.   Herrick    Secretary. 

Francis  P.  Duplain   Senior  Deacon. 

James   N.    Colwell    Junior   Deacon. 

Charles  W.  Cook Senior  Steward. 

Samuel  Degen    Junior  Steward. 

Justus  Harris    Tyler. 

Raised:  George  V.  Hull,  Alexander  Richards,  Reuben 
F.  Dyer,  Sidney  V.  Wise. 

Affiliated:    Jesse  C.  Allen,  Wm.  K.  Stewart. 

D emitted:  Mathew  F.  Goodspeed,  Quincy  D.  Whit- 
man, John  H.  Druitt,  Thomas  H.  Clark. 

Died:  H.  P.  Brunker,  Geo.  H.  Schneider,  John  H. 
Shepherd.  The  returns  of  Occidental  Lodge  reports  the 
death  of  Dr.  John  Paul  September  25,  1872.  We  can  find 
no  record  of  his  being  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge. 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  57 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  May  5, 
1872,  on  motion  of  Bro.  John  F.  Nash,  it  was  unanimously 
resolved  that  the  Masons  of  Ottawa  and  vicinity  desired 
the  erection  the  coming  season  of  a  Masonic  building,  and 
that  we  make  the  attempt  to  raise  the  money  for  the  same. 
This  was  the  beginning,  or  first  move,  toward  the  erection 
of  the  Masonic  hall  and  opera  house  block,  which  is  more 
fully  treated  of  under  the  head  of  Masonic  Hall  and  Opera 
House  Block  in  this  work. 

La  Salle  county  changed  to  the  Ninth  Masonic  District 
in  1872.  W.  S.  Easton  appointed  District  Deputy  Grand 
Master. 

1873. 

OFFICERS. 

Robert  Henning    Worshipful  Master. 

Benjamin  S.   Porter    Senior  Warden. 

David  Batcheller    Junior  Warden. 

Henry   C.    Nash    Treasurer. 

Edward   L.   Herrick    Secretary. 

Francis  P.  Duplain    Senior  Deacon. 

Sidney  V.  Wise    Junior  Deacon. 

Charles  W.  Cook Senior  Steward. 

Samuel  Degeii   Junior  Steward. 

Justus  Harris    Tyler. 

Raised:  Patrick  Ryan,  John  L.  Steele,  Enoch  S.  Yent- 
zer,  David  Kroiise,  Charles  Snow  and  George  N.  Cash. 

Affiliated:     Hubert  A.  McCaleb  and  George  L.  Austin. 

D emitted:  John  Bohlander,  James  J.  Kellogg,  Burton 
C.  Cook,  George  M.  Dunavan,  Ebenezer  E.  Lewis,  Frank  B. 
Stearns. 

Died:  Simon  Alschuler,  in  Denver,  Colorado,  and  was 
buried  there  with  Masonic  honors. 

Thomas  J.  Wade  was  a  member  of  the  committee  to  ex- 


58  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

amine  visiting  brethren  at  the  annual  communication  of  the 
Grand  Lodge,  October,  1873. 

Occidental  Lodge  moved  from  the  Lynch  building,  on 
Main  street,  to  their  new  hall  in  the  opera  house  block  and 
Masonic  temple  this  year.  (See  history  of  Masonic  Build- 
ing Association.) 

Tlie  corner  stone  of  the  Masonic  hall  was  laid  in  1873. 
Occidental  Lodge,  assisted  by  Humboldt  and  neighboring 
Lodges,  under  escort  of  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10,  K. 
T.,  and  sister  Commanderies,  formed  the  escort. 

William  S.  Easton,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

1874. 

OFFICERS. 

John  F.  Nash Worshipful  Master. 

David  Batcheller   Senior   Warden. 

James  O'Donnell    Junior  Warden. 

Rev.  John  L.  Steele   Chaplain. 

Henry   C.   Nash    Ireasurer. 

Charles  M.  Catlin   Secretary. 

Edwin  S.  Hobert   Senior  Deacon. 

Fred  F.  Crane   Junior  Deacon. 

William  K.  Cash Senior  Steward. 

David  Krouse   Junior  Steward. 

Justus  Harris   Tyler. 

Raised:  Henry  G.  Cotton,  Daniel  C.  Mills,  Henry 
Mayo,  John  H.  Widmer,  James  E.  Rathburn,  William 
Thomas,  William  Stormont,  John  L.  Piergue,  Frederick  W. 
Mattocks,  Allen  Jordan,  Jr.,  Roswell  W.  Holmes,  H.  A. 
Shuler,  Frank  A.  Kendall,  C.  C.  Glover,  Geo.  A.  Mills,  W. 
B.  Titus  and  Jesse  B.  Ruger. 

Affiliated:  E.  Follett  Bull,  James  A.  Comstock,  S.  R. 
Helmick,  August  Haeberlin  and  Charles  Blanchard. 

D emitted:  George  G.  Wentz,  Jesse  C.  Allen,  Thomas 
Thomeley,  John  Stout. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  59 

Died:    Fernando  C.  Prescott  and  Amasa  C.  Childs. 

The  Grand  Master  rendered  a  decision,  which  was  ap- 
proved by  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1874,  that  before  the  Wor- 
shipful Master  elect  can  be  installed,  he  must  have  been  in- 
vested with  the  secrets  of  the  chair  in  a  convocation  of  act- 
ual Past  Masters,  notwithstanding  such  a  brother  may  be 
in  possession  of  the  degree  of  virtual  or  chapter  Past  Mas- 
ter, and  that  none  but  actual  Past  Masters  should  be  pres- 
ent during  the  ceremony  of  investing  the  Master  elect  with 
the  secrets  of  the  chair. 

It  was  formerly  the  law  in  symbolic  Lodges  that  the 
Masters  elect  should  be  invested  with  the  secrets  of  the 
chair.     It  is  not  now  in  force. 

W.  S.  Easton,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master. 

1875; 

OFFICERS. 

Henry  F.  Clark Worshipful  Master. 

Charles  M.  Catlin   Senior  Warden. 

Frederick  F.  Crane   Junior  Warden. 

Henry  C.  Nash   Treasurer. 

Roswell  W.  Holmes   Secretary. 

Walter  B.  Titus Senior  Deacon. 

Alexander  Hanna   Junior  Deacon. 

Patrick   Ryan    Senior    Steward. 

Clarence  C.  Glover   Junior  Steward. 

Justus    Harris    Tyler 

Raised:  Arthur  Lock  wood  Wagner,  Charles  E.  Pettit, 
William  H.  Phillips,  Lester  O.  Phillips,  Walter  D.  Strawn, 
Andrew  J.  Brown,  Qiarles  A.  Works,  Edward  C.  Lewis, 
William  O.  Gorman. 

Affiliated:  Henry  P.  Clark,  Wm.  L.  Phillips,  H.  W. 
Smith,  John  N.  Tiffany,  Theodore  C.  Miller,  William 
Stuart  Spiers,  Cairo  D.  Trimble  and  William  E.  Ensminger. 

D emitted:    Francis  B.  Metcalf,  Mathew  B.  Lamb,  Frank 


6o  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

J.  Warner,  James  C.  Warner,  James  A.  Comstock,  R.  W. 
King,  W.  W.  Gardner. 

Died:    Octavius  R.  Hanbnry. 

Thos.  J.  Wade,  District  Deputy  Grand  IMaster,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

On  motion  of  Bro.  Thos.  J.  Wade,  the  Grand  Lodge  at 
the  annual  communication  in  October,  1875,  remitted  the 
dues  of  Occidental  Lodge,  in  view  of  the  loss  of  their  hall 
by  fire  during  the  past  year. 

During  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
October,  1875,  the  Grand  Lodge  by-laws  were  amended  so 
that  one  clear  ballot  entitled  a  candidate  to  the  three  degrees 
of  symbolic  Masonry  upon  his  showing  a  suitable  proficiency 
for  advancement.  Prior  to  this  a  candidate  had  to  be  bal- 
loted on  for  each  degree. 

1876. 

OFFICERS. 

Henry  F.  Clark   Worshipful  Master. 

Frederick  F.  Crane   Senior  Warden. 

Walter  B.  Titus Junior  Warden. 

Henry  C.  Nash   Treasurer. 

Roswell  W.  Holmes    Secretary. 

Charles  E.  Pettit Senior  Deacon. 

Alexander  Hanna   Junior  Deacon. 

Clarence  C.  Glover   Senior  Steward. 

Geo.  A.  Mills   Junior  Steward. 

Justus  Harris    Tyler. 

Raised:    Thomas  A.  Smurr. 

Affiliated:    Wm.  E.  Codding. 

Demitted:  James  O'Donnell,  Edward  K.  Walbridge, 
Daniel  J.  Holmes,  William  Stuart  Spiers,  Madison  E.  Hol- 
lister,  Charles  A.  Works,  George  L.  Austin  and  Charles  M. 
Catlin. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE,  6l 

Edward  L.  Herrick  died  April  ii,  1876.  James  N.  Col- 
well  killed  by  cars  at  Streator,  October  11,  1876. 

Thomas  J.  Wade  was  District  Deputy  Grand  Master, 
Ninth  Masonic  District. 

At  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in 
1876,  M.  W.  Bro.  Cregier  offered  the  following  resolution, 
which  was  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  condemns 
the  prevailing  practice  of  transmitting  by  "postal  card"  no- 
tice of  the  business  and  other  doings  of  Lodges,  and  it  is 
hereby  ordered  that  all  notices  emanating  from  Lodges  or 
their  officers  shall  be  sent  to  members  under  sealed  covers : 
Provided,  that  the  bare  notice  of  time  and  place  of  meeting 
of  said  Lodge  may  be  sent  by  postal  card. 

This  law^  is  still  in  force  and  a  violation  of  it  would 
subject  the  guilty  party  to  expulsion  from  the  fraternity. 

Occidental  Lodge  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  centen- 
nial celebration  in  Ottawa,  July  4,  1876,  Ottawa  Com- 
mandery,  No.  10,  K.  T.,  acting  as  escort  to  the  Masonic 
bodies.     Humboldt  Lodge  also  participated. 

1877. 

OFFICERS. 

Robert  Henning Worshipful  Master. 

E.  Follett  Bull   Senior  Warden. 

Solomon  Degen   Junior  Warden. 

William   Stormont    Oiaplain. 

Henry  C.  Nash    Treasurer. 

E.  S.  Hobert    Secretary. 

William  K.  Stewart    Senior  Deacon. 

Henry  P.  Clark Junior  Deacon. 

John  L.  Piergue   Senior  Steward. 

Lester  O.  Phillips   Junior  Steward. 

David   R.    Gregg    Tyler. 

Raised:  Samuel  Richolson,  Samuel  Dittenhoffer,  Wm. 
T.  Dickey  and  Asa  Mann  Hoffman. 


62  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Moses  D.  Calkins,  Michael  Hiith- 
maker,  Sidney  C.  Bates,  Obadiah  Jennings,  John  Colwell, 
Henry  Rowland,  Frank  P.  Duplain  and  Sidney  V.  Wise. 

D emitted:  William  Palmer,  James  R.  Cross,  George  J. 
Burgess,  William  S.  Easton,  J.  O.  GloA^er,  William  O.  Gor- 
man, Dwight  W.  Fuller,  W.  L.  Gibson,  C.  S.  C.  Crane  and 
David  Batcheller. 

Obadiah  Jennings  demitted  after  having  been  reinstated 
from  suspension  for  N.  P.  D. 

Died:  Henry  F.  Clark,  Jan.  lo,  1877;  Dr.  D.  D. 
Thompson,  May,  31,  1877;  Thomas  Ryburn,  — ,  1877. 

ThO'S.  J.  Wade,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

1878. 

OFFICERS. 

Robert  Henning    Worshipful  Master. 

Solomon  Degen   Senior  Warden. 

F.  P.  Childs   Junior  Warden. 

H.  C.  Nash   Treasurer. 

Clarence  C.   Glover    Secretary. 

James  McManus   Senior  Deacon. 

Henry  P.  Clark   Junior  Deacon. 

Fred  F.  Crane   Senior  Steward. 

Justus   Harris    Junior   Steward. 

David  R.  Gregg   Tyler. 

Raised:    Benjamin  F.  Bole,  Lothrop  Perkins. 

Affiliaied:    James  McManus  and  David  A.  Cook. 

Demitted:  Robert  E.  Riale,  J.  ]\I.  Crosby,  Avon  Pear- 
son, Frank  J.  Crawford,  Wm.  H.  Ensminger. 

Died:    Hubert  A.  McCaleb,  Tvlarch  24,  1878. 

Thos.  J.  Wade,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  63 

1879. 
OFFICERS. 

Solomon  Degen Worshipful  Master. 

Thomas  A.  Smiirr   Senior  Warden. 

James  McManus    Junior  Warden. 

Wm.  Stormont    Qiaplain. 

Lothrop  Perkins    Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman    Secretary. 

William  K.  Stewart   Senior  Deacon. 

Benjamin  F.  Bole Junior  Deacon. 

Patrick  Ryan   Senior  Steward. 

Henry  P.  Qark   Junior  Steward. 

Justus  Harris    Tyler. 

Raised:  William  L.  Milligan,  W.  W.  Arnold  and  Rev. 
Francis  Burdette  Nash,  Jr. 

Affiliated:    Paul  Teissedre. 

Demitted:  Benjamin  S.  Porter,  John  F.  MacKinlay,  Al- 
bert E.  Gibbs,  Andrew  J.  Brown,  Ozell  Trask,  Walter  B. 
Titus,  Franklin  P.  Childs,  John  L.  Piergue,  Benjamin  F. 
Bole  and  Wm.  K.  Cash. 

Died:  Col.  Absalom  B.  Moore,  July  7,  1879.  Buried 
with  Masonic  honors.    Allen  Jordan,  Jr.,  July  12,  1879. 

The  third  degree  was  not  conferred  in  Occidental 
Lodge  during  1879  until  after  the  annual  communication  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  in  October.  Occidental  Lodge  had  be- 
come financially  embarrassed  through  loss  by  fire,  and  its 
connection  w^ith  the  Masonic  building  association,  and  many 
predicted,  and,  in  fact,  were  in  favor  of  surrendering  the 
charter.  Thirteen  of  the  brethren  demitted.  Good  men 
refused  the  responsible  position  of  Worshipful  Master  dur- 
ing this  trying  time  of  Occidental  Lodge,  but  Brother  Solo- 
mon Degen  accepted  the  office,  and  at  once  began  the  her- 
culean task  of  bringing  order  out  of  chaos.  The  dues  were 
raised  to  five  dollars  per  annum.  Brother  Degen  per- 
sonally attended  to  the  collection  of  back  dues ;  called  per- 


64  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

sonally  on  members  in  arrears,  wherever  meeting  them, 
in  their  offices  or  on  the  streets.  Those  were  the  days  Ma- 
sonry was  tested  in  Ottawa ;  when  brethren  went  down  into 
their  pockets  and  raised  funds  for  Masonic  funeral  expenses 
and  calls  for  charity.  The  brethren  who  are  members  of 
Occidental  Lodge  to-day  should  revere  the  names  of  Broth- 
er Solomon  Degen  and  the  loyal  band  of  brethren  who  stood 
by  the  helm  of  old  Occidental,  and  piloted  her  to  a  safe  and 
secure  harbor. 

1880. 

OFFICERS. 

Solomon  Degen Worshipful  Master. 

James  McManus    Senior  Warden. 

Lothrop  Perkins Junior  Warden. 

Henry  C.  Nash   Treasurer, 

Asa  M.  Hoffman   Secretary. 

William  L.  Milligan   Senior  Deacon. 

Henry  P.  Clark Junior  Deacon. 

William  K.  Stewart   Senior  Steward. 

Paul  Teissedre Junior  Steward. 

Patrick   Ryan    Tyler. 

Raised:  Charles  W.  Fredenburg,  Joseph  N.  Dunaway 
and  James  Rollo  Chapman. 

Reinstated:    Francis  P.  Duplain. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Jesse  B.  Ruger,  Alexander  Rich- 
ards, Robert  G.  Murphy  and  William  A.  Brundage. 

Expelled:  William  L.  Phillips,  for  disobedience  of  sum- 
mons to  pay  dues. 

D emitted:  John  F.  Gibson,  Elias  C.  Hatheway,  John 
^lorrill.  William  E.  Bowman,  Wesley  B.  Hall,  Albert  J. 
Pool,  Leman  A.  Rising,  Frederick  W.  Mattocks,  William 
Thomas,  Joel  F.  Pierce,  John  N.  Tiffany,  Henry  G.  Cotton 
and  William  T.  Dickey. 

Theodore  Tuthill  Gurney  was  Grand  Master  in    1880 


WILLIAM  OSMAN 

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and  rendered  some  important  decisions,  among  the  most 
important  of  which,  and  which  was  approved  and  recog- 
nized as  the  law  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  and  which  w^e  deem 
proper  to  note  herewith,  as  follows : 

That  "the  Grand  Lodge  clearly  sets  forth  'The  usages  and 
general  regulations  of  Masonry,'  bv  defining  the  duties  of 
its  Treasurer.  We  are  therefore  decidedly  of  the  opinion 
that  a  dual  custodianship  of  the  fiscal  property  of  the  Lodge 
is  not  authorized  by  Masonic  usage,  neither  by  any  law  of 
the  Grand  Lodge. 

"It  is  true  that  a  Lodge  can  direct  a  treasurer  to  invest  its 
funds  as  it  may  elect,  but  we  are  not  of  the  belief  that  it  can 
create  a  financial  department  other  than  that  recognized  by 
'The  usages  and  general  regulations  of  Masonry.'  The 
treasurer,  under  our  system,  is  the  only  lawful  custodian  of 
the  moneys  of  the  Lodge  and  his  position  must  be  respected 
in  its  entirety ;  otherwise  we  abandon  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent features  of  'usages'  and  'general  regulations,'  that  has 
been  handed  down  to  us  by  the  fathers  of  our  organization." 

This  decision  was  referred  to  the  Jurisprudence  Com- 
mittee, who  made  the  following  report,  w'hich  was  adopted 
by  the  Grand  Lodge  : 

"That  in  the  making  of  leases,  suits,  conveyances  and 
other  legal  transactions,  to  which  the  Lodge  is  a  party,  the 
Master  and  Wardens  are  the  trustees  in  fact,  where  action 
is  required  to  validate  such  transactions  under  the  civil  law." 
(Pages  26  and  io8,  G.  L.  Pro.,  1880.) 

The  following  report  from  the  Jurisprudence  Committee 
w^as  also  approved  by  the  Grand  Lodge : 

"Your  committee  concur  in  the  sentiments  expressed, 
and  recommend  the  approval  of  the  action  reported  by  the 
Grand  Master  under  this  head ;  and  ask  your  assent  to  the 
declaration  that  the  Grand  Lodge  looks  with  disfavor  upon 
the  practice  of  renting  lodge  premises  for  other  than  Ma- 
sonic purposes."     (Page  no,  G.  L.  Pro.,  1880.) 


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66  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

1881. 
OFFICERS. 

Solomon  Degen   Worshipful  Master. 

James  McManus Senior  Warden. 

Lothrop  Perkins Junior  Warden. 

Henry  C.  Nash   Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman Secretary. 

William  L.  Milligan Senior  Deacon. 

Henry  P.  Qark Junior  Deacon. 

Wm.  K.  Stewart Senior  Steward. 

Paul  Teissedre Junior  Steward. 

David  R.  Gregg Tyler. 

Raised:  William  H.  Oilman,  John  W.  Clegg,  Nathaniel 
McDougall,  John  W.  Green,  Thos.  W.  D.  Crane,  Walter 
McDonald  Woodward,  Thomas  E.  MacKinlay  and  James 
Milligan,  Jr. 

AMmted:  Henry  Peck,  W.  E.  Prichard,  R.  Farns- 
worth  and  William  Sheppard. 

Dcmitted:  Roswell  W.  Holmes,  Charles  E.  Pettit,  Geo. 
B.  Mitchell,  Francis  B.  Nash  and  Silas  W.  Cheever. 

DHed:  Patrick  Ryan,  June  13,  188 1 ;  Samuel  Eyster, 
June  29,  1 881;  Lorenzo  Leland,  August  26,  1881 ;  Charles 
Snow,  Sept.  9,  188 1. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    Harry  W.  Smith. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  new  court  house  of  La  Salle 
county  was  placed  in  position  by  the  Masonic  fraternity  July 
4,  1881.  M.  W.  Bro.  William  H.  Scott,  Grand  Master,  con- 
vened an  occasional  Grand  Lodge,  with  the  assistance  of 
R.  W.  Bro.  H.  C.  Cleveland,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  and  oth- 
er grand  officers  pro  tcm.,  in  the  presence  of  many  prominent 
citizens  and  a  large  number  of  Masons,  officiated.  Occiden- 
tal and  Humboldt  Lodges  and  many  visiting  Lodges,  under 
escort  of  St.  Bernard  Commandery,  No.  36,  K.  T.,  Ottawa 
Commandery,   No.    10,    K.   T.,   and   other    Commanderies, 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  dj 

formed  procession  and  acted  as  escort  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
on  this  occasion. 

Occidental  and  Humboldt  Lodges  also  took  part  in  the 
Garfield  memorial  services,  under  escort  of  Ottawa  Com- 
mandery,  No.  lo,  K.  T.,  September  26,  1881. 

1882. 

OFFICERS. 

James  McManus   Worshipful  Master. 

Lothrop  Perkins Senior  Warden. 

William  K.  Stewart Junior  Warden. 

Henry  C.  Nash   Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman    Secretary. 

Thomas  W.  D.  Crane Senior  Deacon. 

Alexander  Hanna   Junior  Deacon. 

Paul  Teissedre   Senior  Steward. 

John  W.  Clegg Junior  Steward. 

David  R.  Gregg   Tyler. 

Raised:  Willard  S.  Wheeler,  John  Green,  John  E.  V. 
Morse,  John  C.  Farnsworth,  William  H.  Stead,  Jesse  E. 
Morgan,  Simeon  G.  Gay,  John  S.  Ryburn. 

Affiliated:    Charles  E.  Pettit. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    Nathaniel  C.  Walker. 

Demitted:    James  Rhoads  and  George  N.  Cash. 

Died:  Charles  W.  Cook  and  John  Powe.  John  Powe 
was  buried  with  Masonic  honors. 

The  first  Masonic  school  of  instruction  ever  held  in  Ot- 
tawa was  on  the  7th,  8th  and  9th  days  of  March,  1882. 

There  were  present :  M.  W.  W.  H.  Scott,  Grand  Mas- 
ter; R.  W.  M.  D.  Chamberlain,  president  pro  tern.;  R.  W. 
W.  B.  Grimes,  secretary  of  board ;  R.  W.  J.  H.  C.  Dill,  as- 
sistant; also  R.  W.  L.  L.  Munn,  Grand  Secretary,  and 
others.    Twenty-nine  Lodges  were  represented. 

At  each  of  these  schools  the  opening  and  closing  cere- 


68  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

monies  and  work  in  each  of  the  degrees  were  fully  exem- 
plified, a  general  course  of  instruction  given,  the  lectures  re- 
hearsed and  each  degree  conferred  on  actual  candidates. 

During  this  school  certain  portions  of  the  ritual  allud- 
ing to  the  g — p's  were  stricken  from  the  work  because  of 
supposed  interfering  with  the  cosmopolitanism  of  Freema- 
sonry. 

1883. 

OFFICERS. 

James  McManus    Worshipful  Master. 

William  L.  Milligan   Senior  Warden. 

William  K.  Stewart Junior  Warden. 

Henry  C.  Nash Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman    Secretary. 

Thomas  W.  D.  Crane Senior  Deacon. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay Junior  Deacon. 

William  H.  Stead Senior  Steward. 

Simeon  G.  Gay   Junior  Steward. 

Alexander   Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Thomas  Reedy,  John  C.  Corcoran,  Louis  W. 
Hess,  Joseph  A.  Wilson. 

AfUliatcd:  John  F.  Gibson,  Garvey  Donaldson,  Thomas 
C.  Fullerton. 

Died:  William  Stadden,  June  15,  1883.  Was  buried 
with  Masonic  honors. 

1884. 

OFFICERS. 

W^illiam  L.  Milligan   Worshipful  Master. 

William  K.  Stewart   Senior  Warden. 

Geo.  A.  Mills   Junior  Warden. 

William    Stormont    Chaplain. 

Henry   C.    Nash    Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman    Secretary. 

Thomas  W.  D.  Crane   Senior  Deacon. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  69 

John  C.  Corcoran   Junior  Deacon 

Joseph  A.  Wilson   Senior  Steward. 

Paul  Teissedre Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Rector  Cass  Hitt,  John  M.  Purrucker,  Warren 
C.  Riale,  Frederick  W.  Gay,  John  Dawdle  Hammond,  Wil- 
liam H.  Watts,  Martin  C.  Hodgson  and  John  Wesley  John- 
son, F.  C.  only. 

Affiliated:    Samuel  Caldwell  and  Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    Edward  S.  Hobert. 

D emitted:  George  V.  Hull,  Edward  H,  Smith  and  Wm. 
L.  Dunavan.  W.  L.  Dunavan  was  made  an  honorary  mem- 
ber. 

Died:  Lothrop  Perkins,  September  i6,  1884;  David  P. 
Jones,  November  7,  1884.  Both  buried  with  Masonic  hon- 
ors. 

M.  W.  Rob.  Morris,  Past  Grand  Master  of  Kentucky, 
visited  Occidental  Lodge  during  this  year  and  conferred  the 
degrees  of  Palm  and  Shell  (Arabic  Masonry)  on  quite  a 
number  of  the  brethren.  He  also  delivered  his  lecture  on 
the  Holy  Land. 

The  question  of  Masonic  home  was  frequently  mention- 
ed in  Occidental  Lodge  during  the  year  1884,  and  at  the 
annual  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  January,  1885, 
the  Worshipful  Master  placed  special  stress  on  this  subject 
in  his  address  to  the  Lodge. 

1885. 

OFFICERS. 

William  L.  Milligan   Worshipful  Master. 

Thomas  C.  Fullerton Senior  Warden. 

William  H.  Stead    Junior  Warden. 

Henry  C.  Nash   Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman    Secretary. 

James  McManus  Senior  Deacon. 


70  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Paul  Teissedre   Junior  Deacon, 

Joseph  A.  Wilson   Senior  Steward. 

Samuel  Caldwell   Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Charles  H.  Angevine,  Charles  E.  Dunbar, 
Charles  Zeitler,  Charles  Schaulin,  Harry  E.  Rockwood. 

AMiatcd:    Edward  H.  Roberts. 

Demittcd:  August  Haeberlin,  William  H.  Phillips  and 
Lester  O.  Phillips. 

Died:  Washington  Bushnell,  June  30,  1885 ;  Robert 
Henning,  September  27,  1885.  They  were  both  buried  with 
Masonic  honors. 

William  L.  Milligan  was  District  Deputy  Grand  Mas- 
ter in  1885. 

The  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home  was  organized 
March  11,  1885,  and  W.  L.  Milligan  elected  a  member  of 
the  visiting  committee.  Received  life  membership  certificate 
number  one  in  recognition  of  having  made  first  contribu- 
tion to  fund  for  home. 

Occidental  Lodge  was  reported  in  the  first  annual  report 
of  the  president  of  the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home  as 
the  banner  Lodge,  in  point  of  active  and  life  membership. 

Humboldt  Lodge  was  most  honorably  represented  in 
the  organization  of  the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home, 
every  member  of  Humboldt  Lodge  having  contributed  and 
received  a  certificate  of  active  membership. 

1886. 

OFFICERS. 

William  L.  Milligan Worshipful  Master. 

Chas.   E.  Pettit   Senior  Warden. 

John  C.  Corcoran   Junior  Warden, 

William    Stormont    Chaplain. 

Henry  C.  Nash   Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman   , Secretary. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE,  J\ 

Thos.  C.  Fullerton   Senior  Deacon. 

Paul  Teissedre Junior  Deacon. 

Joseph  A.  Wilson   Senior  Steward. 

Samuel  Caldwell   Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Joshua  P.  Rodgers,  Daniel  E.  Daly,  George 
M.  Trimble. 

AMiated:    W.  A.  Jeff ery. and  David  Batcheller. 

D emitted:    Garvey  Donaldson. 

Died:  Milton  H.  Swift,  May  14,  1886;  Robert  M.  Mc- 
Arthur,  Aug.  12,  1886.  Robert  M.  McArthur  was  buried 
by  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10,  K.  T.  Thos  J.  Wade 
died  September  6,  1886,  and  was  buried  with  Masonic 
honors. 

W.  L.  Milligan,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

The  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home  was  dedicated  by 
the  Grand  Lodge  October  7,  1886.  W.  L.  Milligan  elected 
member  board  of  trustees,  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home. 

1887. 

OFFICERS. 

Charles  E.  Pettit Worshipful  Master. 

Wm.  K.  Stewart   Senior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Dunbar   Junior  Warden. 

Thomas   E.   MacKinlay    Treasurer. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman   Secretary. 

William  A.  Jeffery Senior  Deacon. 

Samuel  Caldwell   Junior  Deacon. 

John  C.  Farnsworth   Senior  Steward. 

Charles  H.  Angevine   Junior  Steward. 

Alexander   Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Charles  B.  Vosburgh,  Charles  E.  Russell, 
James  Francis  Murphy,  Charles  E,  Hook,  Ross  C.  Mitchell, 
Frank  B.  Loean. 


72  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Affiliated:  William  McCombs,  Daniel  J.  Holmes,  L.  A. 
Rising. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Theodore  C.  Miller,  Francis  P. 
Duplain,  Samuel  S.  Dittenhoffer  and  Henry  P.  Clark. 

Demitted:  J.  C.  Hatheway,  James  E.  Rathburn,  Henry 
A.  Shuler,  John  L.  Morrison,  J.  R.  Chapman. 

Died:  Asa  Mann  Hoffman,  May  4,  1887,  and  was 
buried  by  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10,  K.  T. ;  and  Ross 
C.  Mitchell,  October  6,  1887,  and  was  buried  with  Masonic 
honors. 

W.  L.  Milligan,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

October  5,  1887,  W.  L.  Milligan  was  introduced  to  and 
received  by  the  Grand  Lodge  as  the  first  representative  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  South  Australia,  near  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Illinois,  with  the  honorary  rank  of  P.  S.  G.  W.  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  St/'Uth  Australia. 

A  Masonic  school  of  instruction  was  held  in  Ottawa 
March  i,  2  and  3,  1887.  Fifty-seven  Lodges  were  repre- 
sented, and  two  hundred  nineteen  names  registered.  There 
were  present  M.  W.  A.  T.  Darrah,  Grand  Master;  R.  W. 
Bro.  L.  L.  Munn,  Grand  Secretary;  Edward  Cook,  presi- 
dent; W.  B.  Grimes,  secretary;  M.  D.  Chamberlain,  James 
Douglass  and  C.  F.  Tenney,  members  of  the  board  of  Grand 
Examiners;  A.  B.  Ashley,  J.  H.  C.  Dill,  H.  E.  Huston  and 
W.  E.  Ginther,  Deputy  Grand  Lecturers;  Owen  Scott  and 
W.  L.  Milligan,  D.  D.  G.  M.'s,  and  others.  At  each  of  these 
schools  the  opening  and  closing  ceremonies  and  work  in 
each  of  the  degrees  were  fully  exemplified. 


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OFFICERS. 


Charles  E.  Pettit Worshipful  Master. 

William  K.  Stewart   Senior  Warden. 


GILBERT  L.  THOMPSON 


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Charles  E.  Dunbar Junior  Warden. 

Daniel  J.  Holmes    Chaplain. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay   Treasurer. 

William  L.  Milligan   Secretary. 

James  McManus   Senior  Deacon. 

Joseph  A.  Wilson   Junior  Deacon. 

Daniel  C.  Mills Senior  Steward. 

John  C.  Farnsworth Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  James  E.  Cooke,  Clarence  Griggs,  Wm.  H. 
Knowles,  Marshall  B.  Mitchell  and  Charles  E.  Fisher. 

Affiliated:    Louis  Degen  and  A.  R.  Tressler. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    Walter  M.  Woodward. 

D emitted:  Qiarles  Zeitler,  Jr.,  John  R.  Cameron  and 
Samuel  Poundstone. 

Died:  Justus  Harris,  E.  Follett  Bull.  Justus  Harris 
was  buried  with  Masonic  honors ;  E.  F.  Bull  by  the  Knights 
Templar. 

W.  L.  Milligan,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

1889. 

OFFICERS. 

Charles  E.  Pettit   Worshipful  Master. 

Wm.  K.  Stewart   Senior  Warden. 

Joseph  A.  Wilson   Junior  Warden. 

Daniel  J.  Holmes    Chaplain. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay Treasurer. 

David  Batcheller    Secretary. 

James  E.  Cooke Senior  Deacon. 

Lewis  Degen   Junior  Deacon. 

Daniel  C.  Mills Senior  Steward. 

William  A.  Jeffery Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Augustus  Ives,  Jr.,  William  H.  Barnard,  John 
James  Withrow,  Frederick  E.  Mayo,  Abraham  Cross  God- 


74  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

frey,  Duncan  McDougall,  George  Adams  Forbes,  Charles 
Benton  Hess,  Nathaniel  Earl  Degen,  John  J.  Carrick. 

Admitted:  John  Haws,  Henry  G.  Cotton,  Willis  Her- 
bert Ward,  Henry  R.  Turner,  John  J.  Tobias,  Alva  B. 
Holmes  and  Henry  W^aldecker. 

D emitted:  John  Michael  Purrucker,  Gilbert  Goff  and 
Arthur  Lockwood  Wagner. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Webster  Wesley  Arnold,  Fred  F. 
Crane,  Henry  Clay  Nash,  Hosea  B.  Williams,  Samuel 
Degen  and  George  W.  Green. 

Died:  Thomas  Reedy,  May  4,  1889;  Henry  M.  God- 
frey, June  19,  1889.  Both  were  buried  with  Masonic  hon- 
ors.   Charles  Snow  also  died  in  1889. 

The  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  organization  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Illinois  was  celebrated  by  the  Grand  Lodge  in  Chi- 
cago, October  i,  1889. 

W.  L.  Milligan,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

1890. 

OFFICERS. 

Charles  E.  Pettit \\'orshipful  Master. 

James  E.  Cooke Senior  Warden. 

Joseph  A.  Wilson    Junior  Warden. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay   Treasurer. 

David   Batcheller    Secretary. 

Willis  H.  Ward Senior  Deacon. 

William  H.  Barnard Junior  Deacon. 

Daniel  C.  Mills Senior  Steward. 

Abraham  C.  Godfrey Junior  Steward. 

Alexander  Hanna Tyler. 

Raised:    William  C.  Weise,  Luman  Albert  Williams. 
Admitted:    Hans  Gulbronson,  P.  C.  Weaver,  Byron  F. 
Maxon,  Royal  D.  McDonald,  Charles  E.  Hills. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  75 

D emitted:  Dianiel  J.  Holmes,  Rector  C.  Hitt,  John  J. 
Tobias,  John  E.  V.  Morse  and  Henry  R.  Turner. 

Died:  Nathaniel  McDougall,  March  5,  1890;  Byron 
F.  Maxon,  June  22,  1890;  and  William  H.  Carey,  Sept.  i, 
1890. 

The  corner  stone  of  the  Masonic  temple  in  Chicago  was 
laid  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  November  6,  1890. 

1891. 

OFFICERS. 

James  E.  Cooke Worshipful  Master. 

Duncan  McDougall   Senior  Warden. 

William  Henry  Barnard   Junior  Warden. 

James  McManus   Chaplain. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay Treasurer. 

David   Batcheller    Secretary. 

Charles  E.  Hook Senior  Deacon. 

Luman  A.  Williams   Junior  Deacon. 

Clarence  C.  Glover Senior  Steward. 

P.  C.  Weaver Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Adelbert  Thomas  Olmsted,  Clark  Brading 
Provins,  Jacob  Benner  Shuler,  Edward  Augustus  Nattinger, 
Frank  Y.  Herbert,  David  L.  Grove  and  Henry  H.  Long. 

Admitted:    Timothy  E.  Gapen. 

Occidental  Lodge  leased  their  present  quarters  from 
King  &  Hamilton  and  moved  from  the  Masonic  hall  and 
opera  house  block  in  the  winter  of  1891  and  1892. 

1892. 

OFFICERS. 

James  E.  Cooke Worshipful  Master. 

Duncan  McDougall    Senior  Warden, 

William  H.  Barnard   Junior  Warden. 

James  McManus   Chaplain. 


76  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay Treasurer. 

David   Batcheller    Secretary. 

Frank  Y.  Herbert Senior  Deacon. 

John  J.  Carrick Junior  Deacon. 

L.  A.  WilHams    Senior  Steward. 

WilHam  C.  Weise Junior  Steward. 

Foster  H.  McKenney Tyler. 

Raised:  Edgar  G.  Dyer,  Charles  P.  Taylor,  J.  A.  Dock- 
ter,  W.  F.  Weese,  F.  M.  Yentzer,  Mathew  Scanlan,  John 
Wesley  Hackett,  Isaac  Baumgardner,  William  E,  W.  Mac- 
Kinlay, John  Raymond  Hoffman,  Charles  Sumner  Beck- 
with. 

Reinstated:    John  A.  Gray. 

Afdliated:  Le  Roy  L.  McKinley,  Gilbert  Goff,  Foster 
H.  McKenney,  James  M.  Trenary,  James  Briggs  and  John 
Stout. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Fred  E.  Mayo  and  Charles  Ed- 
ward Russell. 

Demitted:    Adelbert  T.  Olmsted. 

Dned:  John  Stuart  Ryburn,  Sept.  21,  1892;  Frederick 
W.  Gay,  May  6,  1892. 

On  March  15,  1892,  M.  W.  Monroe  C.  Crawford,  Grand 
Master,  assisted  by  R.  W.  Brother  George  W.  Warvelle, 
who  acted  as  Grand  Orator  on  the  occasion,  and  R.  W. 
Brother  Edward  Cook,  Junior  Grand  Warden,  and  other 
brothers,  organized  an  occasional  Grand  Lodge  and  dedi- 
cated the  lodge  room,  ante-room  and  the  other  parts  of  the 
hall  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  to  the  purposes  of  Free 
Masonry,  in  due  and  ancient  form.  There  was  a  large  at- 
tendance of  not  only  the  brethren  of  Occidental  Lodge  and 
Humboldt  Lodge,  but  from  sister  Lodges  of  La  Salle  and 
adjoining  counties. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  'J'J 

1893. 
OFFICERS.  . 

William  H.  Barnard   Worshipful  Master. 

Charles  E.  Hook Senior  Warden. 

Luman  A.  Williams Junior  Warden. 

James    McManus    Chaplain. 

Tliomas  E.  MacKinlay Treasurer. 

David   Batcheller    Secretary. 

Charles  S.  Beckwith Senior  Deacon. 

Clarence  E.  Tryon   Junior  Deacon. 

Daniel  C.  ]\Iills Senior  Steward. 

William  E.  W.  MacKinlay Junior  Steward. 

Foster  H.  McKenny Tyler. 

Raised:  Kimball  White  Leland,  Henry  Edgar  Gedney, 
Clarence  Edward  Tryon,  Jacob  Isaac  Warner,  Albert  Bur- 
ling Cole,  Daniel  Douglas  Saylor,  David  Refior,  Milo  Put- 
ney, Douglass  Lee  Dunavan. 

AMiatcd:  Rector  Cass  Hitt,  James  Norris  Downs, 
Thomas  Wilson  Burrows. 

Dlcmittcd:    William  E.  Codding,  Henry  Harrison  Long. 

Died:     Benjamin  Beach  Fellows,  March  3,   1893. 

A  Masonic  school  of  instruction  was  held  in  Masonic 
hall,  in  Ottawa,  111.,  January  24,  25  and  26,  1893. 

There  were  present  M.  W.  Monroe  C.  Crawford,  Grand 
Master;  R.  W.  Edward  Cook,  J.  G.  W. ;  R.  W.  L.  L. 
Munn,  Grand  Secretary;  R.  W.  brethren  W.  B.  Grimes, 
A.  B.  Ashley,  James  John,  Jos.  E.  Evans  and  John  W. 
Rose,  Grand  Examiners;  R.  W.  Bro.  D.  D.  Darrah,  D. 
G.  L. 

There  were  forty-six  Lodges  represented  and  two  hun- 
dred and  eighty-six  names  registered. 

1894. 

OFFICERS. 

^^'illiam  H.  Barnard   Worshipful  Master. 


78  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Lmnan  A.  Williams Senior  Warden. 

Charles  S.  Beckwith Junior  Warden. 

James  McManus   Chaplain. 

Thomas   E.   MacKinlay    Treasurer. 

David   Batcheller    Secretary. 

Clarence  E.  Tryon   Senior  Deacon. 

David  Refior   Junior  Deacon. 

Daniel  D.  Saylor Senior  Steward. 

Douglass  L.  Dunavan Junior  Steward. 

F.  H.  McKenney   Tyler. 

Raised:  Frederick  Lewis  Fischer,  Matthew  W.  Bach, 
Arthur  S.  Hook. 

Affiliated:    Charles  J.  Yockey. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Samuel  R.  Helmick,  Matthew 
Scanlan  and  W.  S.  Wheeler. 

D emitted:    John  Green,  A.  R.  Tressler. 

Died:  William  E.  Bell,  Feb.  12,  1894;  Henry  E,  Ged- 
ney,  Jan.  31,  1894;  Thomas  C.  Fullerton,  Aug.  2,  1894; 
William  Stormont,  Oct.  12,  1894;  Simon  Zimmerman, 
Oct.  8,  1894. 

1895. 

OfFlCERS. 

Luman  A.  Williams   Worshipful  Master. 

Charles  S.  Beckwith    Senior  Warden. 

Clarence  E.  Tryon Junior  Warden. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay Treasurer. 

David   Batcheller    Secretary. 

James  McManus   Qiaplain. 

David  Refior   Senior  Deacon. 

Arthur  B.  Cole   Junior  Deacon. 

Douglass  L.  Dunavan   Senior  Steward. 

Frederick  L.  Fischer   Junior  Steward. 

Tames  M.  Trenary   Tyler. 

Raised:  Louis  Wayland  Merrifield,  William  Dyer  Ful- 
lerton, Edgar  Eldredge  and  Everett  H.  Butterfield. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  79 

AMiated:  Wilbur  F.  Heath,  E.  S.  Jacobs  and  Adelbert 
J.  Newell. 

D emitted:  John  A.  Dockter,  Thomas  E.  MacKinlay, 
Timothy  E.  Gapen. 

Died:  David  Robbins  Gregg,  John  Dean  Caton  and 
Gilbert  L.  Thompson.  Brothers  Caton  and  Tliompson  were 
charter  members  of  Occidental  Lodge. 

1896. 

OFFICERS. 

Adelbert  J.  Newell Worshipful  Master. 

Clarence  Edward  Tryon   Senior  Warden. 

David  Refior    Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer. 

David  Batcheller    Secretary. 

James  McManus   Chaplain. 

William  Dyer  Fullerton   Senior  Deacon. 

Edgar  Eldredge Junior  Deacon. 

Paul  Teissedre Senior  Steward. 

Alva  B.  Holmes Junior  Steward. 

Alexander  Hanna Tyler. 

Raised:  Elmer  Ellsworth  Gladfelter,  John  Duncan 
MacKenzie,  John  Hilliard,  Harry  Nicholas  Weber,  Samuel 
S.  Pearson,  Albert  T.  Lardin,  Charles  W.  Campbell,  Enos 
Ephraim  Palmer  and  Elnathan  P.  Hatheway. 

Affiliated:  Hazen  Hayward,  H.  L.  Cawthorne,  Davis 
N.  Shipman,  William  Briggs  Rowe  and  Samuel  H.  Heidler. 

D emitted:    James  Briggs. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Chas.  B.  Vosburgh,  Jesse  Emer- 
son Morgan. 

Initiated:  Simeon  W.  Lauck  and  Wilson  Hupp. 
Neither  of  these  brethren  ever  took  any  further  steps  in  Ma- 
sonry. 

Died:    David  LaFayette  Grove,  David  Batcheller,  John 


8o  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

A.   Gray,   Arthur  Lockwood,   John   Brooks   Rice,   George 
Beatty  and  Reuben  F.  Dyer. 

1897. 

OFFICERS. 

Adelbert  J.  Newell    Worshipful  Master. 

William  Dyer  Fullerton   Senior  Warden. 

Edgar  Eldredge   Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook   Treasurer. 

James  McManus  (by  dispensation  May  15th.)  .  .  .Secretary. 

William  H.  Barnard Chaplain. 

Elmer  E.  Gladfelter Senior  Deacon. 

Enos  Ephraim  Palmer   Junior  Deacon. 

Alva  B.  Holmes    Senior  Steward. 

Alexander  Hanna   Tyler. 

Raised:  Calvin  D.  Phillips,  Enoch  Yentzer,  Jr.,  Syl- 
vester Canfield,  Irving  De  Forest  Vincent,  George  Craft 
Dunaway,  Edward  Webster  Bach,  Charles  Lewis  Belrose. 

Amiiatcd:     Arthur  W.  Ladd. 

Dcmittcd:  Davis  N.  Shipman,  James  E.  Cooke,  Henry 
G.  Cotton,  Jr.,  Frank  A.  Kendall,  Samuel  Caldwell,  John 
Wesley  Hackett  and  Edgar  G.  Dyer. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Charles  H.  Angevine  and  John  D. 
Hammond. 

Died:    William  C.  Weise. 

1898. 

OFFICERS. 

William  D.  Fullerton Worshipful  jMaster. 

Joseph  N.  Dunaway   Senior  Warden. 

Charles  W.  Campbell Junior  Warden. 

Charles   E.    Hook    Treasurer. 

James   McManus    Secretary. 

William  H.  Barnard Chaplain. 

James  N.  Downs Senior  Deacon. 

Alva  B.  Holmes   Junior  Deacon. 


JOSEPH  AVERY 

Junior  Warden  1846 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  8 1 

Irving  De  Forest  Vincent Senior  Steward. 

Sylvester  Canfield    Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Charles  G.  Deenis,  Henry  Phillips,  Christian 
Gasser,  Edward  Danyel  Ross,  George  John  Kruse,  Albert 
Warren  Merrifield,  Harry  Gilman  Cook,  Angus  Ross  Mer- 
cer, Herbert  Charles  Wiley. 

Affiliated:    Harry  J.  Lee. 

Demitted:    Samuel  H.  Heidler,  Cairo  D.  Trimble. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    John  J.  Carrick. 

Died:  James  McManus.  Was  buried  with  Masonic 
honors. 

1899. 

OFFICERS. 

Joseph  N.  Dunaway   Worshipful  Master. 

Charles  W.  Campbell Senior  Warden, 

Walter  F.  Weese Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit    Secretary. 

William  H.  Barnard Chaplain. 

Albert  B.  Cole Senior  Deacon. 

Enoch  Yentzer,  Jr Junior  Deacon. 

Angus  R.  Mercer Senior  Steward. 

Herbert  C.  Wiley Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Albert  Clinton  Bradish,  Samuel  Baldwin  Brad- 
ford, Qiarles  William  Weeks,  Charles  Francis  Wilson, 
William  H.  Gruhlkey. 

Affiliated:     William  Herbert  Higby. 

Demitted:  Irving  De  Forest  Vincent,  David  Krouse, 
Samuel  B.  Bradford,  Wilbur  F.  Heath. 

Died:     Daniel   Fletcher  Hitt,   Adelbert  J.    Newell   and 

Benjamin  Padgett. 

Reinstated:     Samuel  Degen. 
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82  THE  WHITE  APRON, 

1900. 
OFFICERS. 

William  H.  Higby .Worshipful  Master. 

Herbert  C.  Wiley Senior  Warden. 

Angus  R.  Mercer Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit   Secretary. 

William  H.   Barnard    Chaplain. 

Edward  W.  Bach   Senior  Deacon. 

George  C.  Dunaway Junior  Deacon. 

William  H.  Gruhlkey   Senior  Steward. 

Qiarles  F.  Wilson Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  John  Bergeson,  William  D.  Duncan,  Ralph 
Aylmer  Green. 

AMiated:  William  Raley,  William  F.  Jacobs,  J.  D.  Mc- 
Caughtry,  Christopher  J.  Byrne,  Robert  Lucien  Smith. 

Initiated:    John  B.  Haeberlin.      No  further  record. 

Demitted:  Albert  Warren  Merrifield  and  Kimball 
White  Leland. 

Die'd:    Clarence  E.  Tryon,  Willis  H.  Ward. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Qiarles  Schaulin,  John  D.  Mac- 
Kenzie. 

On  March  7,  1900,  the  Grand  Master  granted  a  dispen- 
sation permitting  Occidental  Lodge  to  pass  John  H.  Weaver 
to  the  degree  of  F.  C.  without  having  to  pass  an  examination 
in  the  E.  A.  degree. 

A  Masonic  school  of  instruction  was  held  in  IMasonic 
hall,  Ottawa,  111.,  March  6,  7  and  8,  1900. 

There  were  present  M.  W.  C.  F.  Hitchcock,  Grand  Mas- 
ter; George  M.  Moulton,  D.  G.  M. ;  W.  B.  Wright,  S.  G. 
W.;  C.  E.  Allen,  J.  G.  W. ;  J.  H.  C.  Dill,  Grand  Secretary; 
Edward  Cook,  P.  G.  M. ;  A.  B.  Ashley,  J.  E.  Evans,  J.  R. 
Ennis,  H.  T.  Burnap  and  H.  S.  Hurd,  Grand  Examiners ; 
S.  S.  Borden,  G.  O.  Frederick,  James  John,  E.  F.  Seavey, 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  83 

J.  S.  Thomas,  H.  S.  Albin,  W.  M.  Burbank,  Herbert  Pres- 
ton, W.  B.  lott,  James  McCredie,  J.  J.  Crowder,  R.  R. 
Strickler,  D.  D.  Darrah,  Arthur  Goodrich  and  A.  O.  No- 
vander,  D.  D.  G.  L.'s. 

Two  hundred  seventy-eight  names  were  registered,  sev- 
enty-one Lodges  and  two  grand  institutions  were  repre- 
sented. 

1901. 

OFFICERS. 

WiUiam  H.  Higby Worshipful  Master. 

Herbert  C.  Wiley Senior  Warden. 

Harry  N.  Weber   Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit    Secretary. 

William  H.   Barnard    Chaplain. 

Charles  F.  Wilson Senior  Deacon. 

William  H.  Gruhlkey Junior  Deacon. 

George  J.  Kruse   Senior  Steward. 

Albert  C.  Bradish Junior  Steward. 

Alexander  Hanna Tyler. 

Raised :  William  Alfred  Dunaway,  Henry  Fehr,  Albert 
Edmund  Herzog,  Eric  Larson,  Howard  Halsey  Bayne, 
George  Grant  Galloway,  George  Philo  Hills,  William  Hen- 
ry Seward,  Otis  Bach,  Albert  Jay  Roberts,  Samuel  Erastus 
Bergeson  and  Herbert  Le  Roy  Pettitt. 

Affiliated:  William  Sherman  Dick,  John  L.  Clark, 
Nicholai  A.  Hauge. 

D emitted:  Nathaniel  Earl  Degen,  Douglass  Lee  Dun- 
avan  and  Henry  Fehr. 

Died:  Joseph  Cushman  Hatheway,  Samuel  Degen, 
Peleg  A.  Hall  and  Isaac  Reed. 

1902. 

OFFICERS. 

Herbert  C.  Wiley Worshipful  Master. 


84  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Joshua  P.  Rodgers   Senior  Warden. 

Charles  F.  Wilson   Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit    Secretary. 

William  H.  Barnard    Chaplain. 

Christopher  J.  Byrne Senior  Deacon. 

Frederick  L.  Fischer    Junior  Deacon. 

A\'illiam  H.  Seward    Senior  Steward. 

Otis  Bach   Junior  Steward. 

Alexander    Hanna    Tyler. 

Raised:  Richard  Daniel  Ivlills,  Douglass  Low  McKen- 
ney,  Herman  Silver  Blanchard,  Frank  Leslie  Seward,  Wil- 
liam Willard  Harden,  Peter  McGilvary  Campbell,  George 
Henry  Ahlborn,  Albert  Morton  Shaw,  Emil  J.  Hoffman. 

Initiated:    Edward  Justice  Belrose.    No  further  record. 

Affiliated:    Charles  M.  Buell,  Benjamin  F.  Reeder. 

Reinstated:  Wesley  W.  Arnold  and  John  D.  Ham- 
mond. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:  Warren  C.  Riale,  Frank  B.  Logan 
and  Abraham  C.  Godfrey. 

Demitted:  Charles  W.  Weeks,  William  S.  Dick,  Mile 
Putney,  Louis  Degen  and  Louis  W.  Hess. 

Died:    Royal  D.  McDonald,  Charles  J.  Yockey. 

Theodore  Roosevelt,  then  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States,  received  the  third  degree  of  Masonry  in  Mantine- 
cock  Lodge,  No.  806,  at  Oyster  Bay.  New  York,  on  April 
24,  1902. 

William  D.  Fullerton,  appointed  in  October,  1902,  Dis- 
trict Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth  Masonic  District. 

1903. 

OFFICERS. 

Joshua  p.  Rogers Worshipful  Master. 

Edward  W.  Bach Senior  Warden. 

George)  P.  Hills  Junior  Warden. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  85 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit   Secretary. 

Howard  H.  Bayne   Chaplain. 

Herman  S.  Blanchard Senior  Deacon. 

Ralph  A.  Green Junior  Deacon. 

Emil  J.   Hoffman    Senior  Steward. 

George  H.  Ahlborn Junior  Steward. 

Leman  A.  Rising-   Tyler. 

Raised:  Martin  Luther  Sample,  Travers  Herbert  Bar- 
rett, Fred  Andrew  Bach,  Qiarles  Gideon  Kelly,  Earl  Wayne 
Zibbell,  William  Beighel  Myers,  James  Henry  Monteith, 
Edward  Holbrook  Ashley,  Harry  Wallace  Mitchell. 

Affiliated:     Robert  J.  Reid,  Samuel  Baldwin  Bradford. 

Reinstated :  John  D.  MacKenzie  and  Abraham  C.  God- 
frey. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    James  N.  Downs. 

Demitted:  John  D.  Hammond,  George  John  Kruse, 
William  B.  Rowe. 

Died:  Solomon  Degen,  Calvin  D.  Phillips  and  Edward 
A.  Nattinger. 

By  request  of  Occidental  Lodge,  the  Fellow  Craft  and 
Master  Mason  degrees  were  conferred  on  Edward  Hol- 
brook Ashley  by  Palace  Lodge,  No.  765. 

Wm.  D.  Fullerton,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

1904. 

OFFICERS. 

Edward  W.   Bach    Worshipful   Master. 

Samuel  B.  Bradford   Senior  Warden. 

Herman  S.  Blanchard Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit   Secretary. 

William  H.  Barnard Chaplain. 

James  H.  Monteith Senior  Deacon. 


86  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Emil  J.  Hoffman    Junior  Deacon. 

Earl  W.  Zibbell   Senior  Steward. 

Harry  W.  Mitchell   Junior  Steward. 

Leman  A.  Rising Tyler. 

Raised:  Charles  Samuel  Eells,  William  Scales,  John 
Low  Barnard,  John  Welch  Willard,  Ralph  Melvin  Cram, 
Benjamin  Franklin  Trumbo,  William  Huntington  Hull,  Ed- 
gar Freeman  Bradford,  Walter  Garfield  Button,  Thomas 
Woods  Smurr  and  Frank  Forrest  Follett. 

Initiated:  Albert  Freeman  Hornung,  Lewis  Edmond 
Weidemann  and  Oscar  Frank  Weidemann.  No  further 
record. 

Reinstated:  Charles  B.  Vosburgh,  James  N.  Downs 
and  George  W.  Green. 

Amiiated:  R.  J.  W.  Briggs,  Ellis  Seed,  Burdett  El- 
merine  La  Due. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    Charles  E.  Dunbar. 

Demitted:  James  D.  McCaughtry,  George  W.  Green, 
Angus  Ross  Mercer. 

Died:    John  Haws  and  William  W.  Harden. 

Wm.  D.  Fullerton,  District  Deputy,  Ninth  Masonic  Dis- 
trict. 

1905. 

OFFICERS. 

Samuel  B.  Bradford Worshipful  Master. 

Herman  S.  Blanchard Senior  Warden. 

James  H.  Monteith   Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook   Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit   Secretary. 

William  H.   Barnard    Chaplain. 

Emil  J.  Hoffman Senior  Deacon. 

Earl  W.  Zibbell   Junior  Deacon. 

Harry  W.  Mitchell   Senior  Steward. 

John  L.  Barnard   Junior  Steward. 

Joseph  A.  Wilson Tyler. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  8/ 

Raised:  George  William  Harris  Dingman,  Charles 
Wallace  Long,  William  Henry  Hinebaugh,  Walter  Elmer 
Speckman,  Charles  Lincoln  Gapen,  Samuel  Emory  Clegg, 
Troy  Wilson  Appleby. 

AMiated:  James  Madison  McKeel,  George  John 
Waters,  Walter  Stephen  Bradford. 

D emitted:  Harry  E.  Rockwood,  Edward  H.  Ashley, 
Nicholai  A.  Hauge,  Eric  Larson. 

Suspended  N.  P.  D.:    Charles  M.  Buell. 

Died:  Joanis  O.  Harris,  Daniel  C.  Mills,  Douglas  Hape- 
man,  David  A.  Cook  and  Frank  G.  King. 

Wm.  D.  Fullerton,  District  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 

1906. 

OFFICERS. 

Herman  S.  Blanchard Worshipful  Master. 

Richard  D.  Mills   Senior  Warden. 

Emil  J.  Hoffman Junior  Warden. 

Charles  E.  Hook Treasurer, 

Qiarles  E.  Pettit    Secretary. 

William  H.  Barnard Chaplain. 

Earl  W.  Zibbell    Senior  Deacon. 

Harry  W.  Mitchell Junior  Deacon. 

John  L.  Barnard   Senior  Steward. 

William  Scales Junior  Steward. 

Joseph  A.  Wilson Tyler, 

Raised:  Elmer  Ellsworth  Roberts,  Silas  Eclips  Kain, 
David  Arthur  Cook,  John  Sedgwick  Rhoads,  Carl  Moody 
Provins,  Carl  Volkenannt. 

Affiliated:     William  Sherman  Myers. 

Reinstated:    Sidney  V.  Wise. 

D emitted:  H.  L.  Cawthorne,  Samuel  E.  Bergeson  and 
Sidney  V.  Wise. 

Died:  John  F.  Gibson,  Clark  B.  Provins  and  Samuel 
Richolson. 

Wm.  D.  Fullerton,  District  Deputy  Grant  Master,  Ninth 
Masonic  District. 


88  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  SIXTIETH   ANNIVERSARY 

Of  Occidental  Lodge  was  appropriately  celebrated  on  Octo- 
ber 8,  1906,  by  a  large  assemblage  of  the  members  and  their 
wives  and  families,  in  all  more  than  two  hundred  being 
present. 

William  Osman,  the  venerable  editor  of  the  Ottawa  Free 
Trader,  who  is  the  only  Mason  now  living  who  was  raised 
in  Occidental  Lodge  sixty  years  ago,  was  to  have  been  pres- 
ent and  given  some  reminiscences  of  those  old  days,  but, 
owing  to  a  temporary  indisposition,  was  unable  to  be  present. 

Richard  D.  Mills,  acting  Master,  presided. 

The  address  of  John  F.  Nash,  the  oldest  living  Past  Mas- 
ter of  Occidental  Lodge,  was  rich  in  historic  lore.  It  was 
his  pleasure  to  enjoy  the  personal  acquaintance  with  every 
Master  of  the  Lodge  from  date  of  organization  in  1846. 

Omitting  the  topic  assigned  to  Brother  Osman,  the  pro- 
gram, as  carried  out,  was  as  follows : 

Presiding  officer,  Richard  D.  Mills. 

Called  to  order,  8:15  P.  M. 

Music,  Oriental  Quartet  of  Qiicago. 

Presiding  officer's  address. 

"Tile  Genealogy  of  the  Lodge,"  W.  L.  Milligan. 

Music,  Quartet. 

"The  Early  Masters  of  Occidental  Lodge,"  J.  F.  Nash. 

Music,  Quartet. 

"The  Craft,"  A.  T.  Lardin. 

"Greeting  from  our  Daughter  Lodge,"  George  H. 
Haight. 

Music,  Quartet. 

After  which  an  elegant  repast  was  served  in  the  ban- 
quet room,  where  a  general  social  good  time  was  had. 


BURTON  C.  COOK 


Worshipful  Master  1858 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  89 

Those  in  charge  of  the  event  were  congratulated  upon 
the  thorough  success  of  the  entire  affair. 

The  general  committee  consisted  of  brothers  J.  N.  Dun- 
away,  W.  D.  Fullerton,  C.  E.  Fisher,  A.  J.  Roberts  and  S. 

B.  Bradford. 

The  decorations,  which  were  beautiful,  consisted  of 
autumn  leaves,  flags  and  potted  plants,  and  were  under  the 
supervision  of  brother  C.  E.  Fisher  and  a  special  committee. 

The  reception  committee  was  composed  of  brother  R.  D. 
Mills  and  sister,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  H.  W.  Mitchell,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  J.  L.  Barnard,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Pettit,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 

C.  E.  Hook  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  David  Refior. 

Six  subordinate  Lodges,  with  a  membership  of  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-seven,  owed  allegiance  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Illinois  in  1840.  In  1906,  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois 
has  upon  her  roll  seven  hundred  and  forty-three  chartered 
Lodges,  with  a  membership  of  more  than  seventy  thousand 
Free  Masons. 


90  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  TYLER'S  SWORD 

Is  of  historic  origin.  It  was  carried  by  Lieut.  John  Gibson, 
during  the  war  of  1812,  at  the  battle  at  Lundy's  Lane, 
Bridge  Water  and  the  storming  of  Fort  Erie,  and  was  pre- 
sented to  Occidental  Lodge  by  his  sons,  William  L.  and 
Theodore  Cunningham  Gibson,  both  of  whom  saw  military 
service  in  both  the  Mexican  and  Civil  wars,  truly  inheriting 
the  military  spirit  of  their  father.  Brother  Theodore  C, 
Gibson  is  still  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge  and  one  of  its 
oldest  members,  having  been  raised  in  1856. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  gi 


TO  THE  MOCKING  BIRD. 

Sweet  bird!     Thou  singest  in  the  lonely  woods, 

Far  from  great  cities.     There  men  dream  of  life, 
And  walk  with  blinded  eyes,  while  grim  care  broods 

Upon  their  withered  hearts;   and  snarling  strife, 
Flaps  her  foul  wings  before  the  eyes  of  men. 

Hate  gnaws  their  hearts,  and  sordid  avarice  halts 
Out  from  his  noisome,  miserable  den, 

Clutching  men's  souls  with  yellow,  shriveled  hands, 
Till  each  shrinks  up;   and  filthy  gods  exalt 

To  proud  dominion,  worse  than  Pagan  lands 

Ever  bowed  down  before; 
While  grasping  handfuls  of  his  glittering  ore. 

He  makes  of  it,  oh  wonder!    tough  strong  bands. 
To  bind  them  to  his  sordid  service  and  curst  lore. 

n. 

Thou  knowest  nought  of  this,  thy  home  is  in 

The  thick,  green  forests.     There  thou  hast  thy  nest, 
Where  the  leaves  whisper  with  an  earnest  din, 

And  gentle  winds  cool  thy  harmonius  breast. 
And  there  thy  music  fills  the  listening  wood. 

And  rings  among  the  giant  forest  trees. 
Waking  up  every  slumbering  solitude, 

And  sending  out  with  never  ceasing  flow, 
A  different  strain  on  the  wings  of  every  breeze. 

Now  loud,  now  soft,  now  rapid  and  then  slow. 

With  many  a  merry  change; 
And  causing  men,  for  thy  wild,  wondrous  range. 

Halt  in  their  journeying,  and  seek  to  know, 
What  emulous  mad  bird  pours  out  a  song  so  strange. 

in. 

Thou  small  philosopher,  who  laughs  at 

All  troubles  of  the  world.    I  would  that  I 
Thy  mirth  and  merriment  could  imitate. 

And  high  above  all  care  and  trouble  fly. 
Thou  art  not  drunk  with  rich,  rosy  wine, 

Joy  ever  nestles  in  thy  happy  heart, 
Shaking  a  dewy  influence  divine. 

From  his  soft  wings  upon  it.    Thou  whose  throat 
Surpasses  in  its  powers  all  human  art, 


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Who  startles  each  lone  bird  with  his  own  note. 
As  if  thou  wert  his  mate. 

Thou,  whose  fine  song  is  heard,  early  and  late, 
Through  the  thick  leaves  and  flowers  to  dance  and  float. 

Teach  me  the  joyful  secret  of  thy  happy  state! 

IV. 
It  cannot  be  that  thou,  who  now  dost  sing 

With  so  tumultous  melody,  while  round 
All  spirits  of  the  woods  are  hovering 

And  drinking  in  with  eager  ears  each  sound, — 
It  cannot  be  that  thou,  too,  dost  conceal 

The  sorrows  of  thy  soul  in  stormy  mirth, 
Or  that  thou  dost  not  in  good  earnest  feel 

The  joyance  of  thy  song.     That  is  for  men 
Who  walk  alone  on  the  pain-peopled  earth. 

And  pour  out  melodies  with  tongue  and  pen 
That  all  the  world  admire, 

While  they  with  their  own  songs  grow  faint  and  tire, 
And  sadly  droop  and  languish,  even  when. 

Their  golden  verse  burns  brightest  with  poetic  fire. 
1828.  — ALBERT  PIKE. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  93 


THE  MASONIC  TEMPLE  AND  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Occidental  Lodge  held  its  first  communications  in  the 
third  story  ol  the  old  Reddick  block,  on  Court  street,  thence 
in  the  third  story  of  the  Glover  and  Cook  building,  now  the 
Gedney  block,  at  the  corner  of  Court  and  Madison  streets, 
where  the  brethren  continued  the  practice  of  the  mystic  rites 
until  about  the  year  1862,  when  more  commodious  rooms 
were  secured  on  the  fourth  floor  of  the  Hickling  building, 
now  owned  by  the  estate  of  the  late  Andrew  Lynch.  (On 
Mr.  Lynch  assuming  ownership  of  this  building  he  had  the 
fourth  story  taken  down.)  Occidental  Lodge  was  at  this 
time  in  a  flourishing  condition,  and  had  accumulated  several 
thousand  dollars,  which,  with  funds  stored  in  the  treasuries 
of  Shabbona  Chapter,  R.  A.  M.,  and  Ottawa  Commandery, 
No.  10,  K.  T.,  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  invest  the  same  in 
real  estate  on  which  to  erect  at  some  time  in  the  near  future 
a  Masonic  home.  Accordingly,  on  the  4th  day  of  June, 
1868,  William  S.  Easton,  Julius  Avery  and  Samuel  C. 
Walker,  as  trustees  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  purchased  from  Abigail  Holland  and  Edward  C. 
Holland,  the  north  sixty  feet  of  lot  three,  and  the  north 
forty  feet  of  lot  four,  in  block  eighty-nine,  in  State's  ad- 
dition to  Ottawa,  La  Salle  county,  Illinois,  for  the  sum  of 
$4,500.00. 

During  the  winter  of  1868  and  1869  the  brethren  of 
Occidental  Lodge  began  to  devise  means  whereby  they 
could  erect  a  Masonic  temple  on  the  Holland  property.  It 
was  finally  decided  that  a  Masonic  association  be  incorpo- 
rated for  the  purpose  of  constructing  and  maintaining  a 
Masonic  temple  in  Ottawa.  On  application  to  the  Secretary 
of  State  a  charter  was  duly  issued  March  26,  1869. 


94  the  white  apron. 

An  Act  to  Incorporate  the  "Masonic  Association 
OF  Ottawa." 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  people  of  the  state  of 
Ilhnois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  that  William 
S.  Easton,  John  F.  Nash,  Henry  F.  Clark,  George  J.  Bur- 
gess, Francis  L.  Fiske,  Thomas  J.  Wade,  Robert  McArthur, 
Robert  Henning,  William  L.  Gibson,  and  their  associates 
and  successors,  be,  and  the  same  are,  hereby  created  a  body 
corporate,  by  the  name  and  style  of  the  Masonic  Association 
of  Ottawa,  and  by  that  name  shall  have  perpetual  succession, 
and  sue  and  be  sued,  plead  and  be  impleaded,  may  make  all 
needful  rules  and  regulations  and  by-laws  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  said  company,  and  the  control  of  its  property, 
fix  the  amount  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  said  company,  not 
exceeding  the  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  ap- 
point such  officers  and  agents  as  it  may  deem  necessary. 

Section  2.  Said  company  may  receive  by  donation,  buy, 
lease,  mortgage,  sell  and  convey  real  and  personal  estate 
for  the  purpose  only  of  constructing  and  maintaining  a  Ma- 
sonic temple  in  the  city  of  Ottawa,  in  La  Salle  county, 
and  may  have  and  use  a  common  seal. 

Section  3.  Said  company  shall  consist  of  all  persons 
who  become  stockholders  therein,  and  in  managing  the  af- 
fairs of  said  company  each  stockholder  shall  be  entitled  to 
one  vote  for  each  share  owned  by  him,  and  shares  shall  not 
be  less  than  seventy  dollars,  and  Ottawa  Commandery,  No. 
10,  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  37,  and  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  and  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555,  may  each,  as  a  Masonic 
order,  become  stockholders  in  said  company.  The  stock  of 
each  of  said  orders  shall  be  represented  by  one  trustee  to  be 
appointed  by  each  of  said  orders. 

Section  4.  Said  company  may  organize  when  three 
thousand  dollars  is  subscribed  to  the  capital  stock. 

Section  5.  As  soon  as  said  company  is  organized  Sam- 
uel C.  Walker,  Julius  Avery  and  William  S.  Easton  shall 
convey  to  it  all  real  estate  held  in  trust  by  them  for  any  of 
said  orders,  and  each  of  said  orders  shall  be  considered  sub- 
scribers to  said  stock  for  an  amount  equal  to  their  several 
amounts  advanced  by  them,  respectively,  for  the  purchase 
of  said  real  estate. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE,  95 

Section  6.  In  case  either  of  said  Masonic  orders  cease 
to  exist,  the  interest  of  said  order  in  said  company  shall  vest 
in,  and  belong  to,  said  corporation  for  the  benefit  of  the 
same. 

Section  7.  This  act  shall  be  a  public  act,  and  shall  take 
effect  after  its  passage. 

(Signed)         F.  CoRWiN, 
Speaker  of  the  House  oi  Representatives. 
J.  Dougherty^ 
Speaker  of  the  Senate. 
Approved  March  26,  1869. 

John  M.  Palmer,  Governor. 

United  State  of  America,  State  of  Illinois,  ss. — Office  of 

Secretary. 

I,  Edward  Rummel,  Secretary  of  State  of  Illinois,  do 
hereby  certify  that  the  foregoing  is  a  true  copy  of  an  act  to 
incorporate  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  approved 
March  26,  1869,  now  on  file  in  this  office. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  hereto  set  my  hand  and  affix  the 
great  seal  of  state,  at  the  city  of  Springfield,  this  loth  day 
of  April,  A.  D.  1869. 

(Signed)  Edward  Rummel, 

[Seal.]  Secretary  of  State. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  April  4,  1870,  on  motion  of  brother  Thomas 
J.  Wade,  brother  John  Stout  was  unanimously  chosen  trus- 
tee to  represent  the  interests  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
in  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  in  accordance  with 
charter  of  said  association. 

The  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  Illinois. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  corporators  of  the  Masonic  Associa- 
tion, of  Ottawa,  held  at  the  office  of  Wm.  S.  Easton,  on 
Monday  evening,  May  9,  1870,  there  were  present  Wm. 
S.  Easton,  Robert  M.  McArthur,  George  J.  Burgess,  Robert 
Henning,  Francis  L.  Fiske,  Thomas  J.  Wade,  Wm.  L.  Gib- 
son, John  F.  Nash  and  Henry  F.  Clark,  corporators  of  the 


96  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  also  Edward  H.  Smith, 
trustee  of  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  37,  R.  A.  M.  W.  S. 
Easton  was  chosen  chairman  and  H.  F.  Clark  secretary. 
Tlie  object  of  the  meeting  being  to  perfect  the  organization 
of  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  under  the  charter 
from  the  people  of  the  state  of  Illinois,  Wm.  S.  Easton,  J.  F. 
Nash  and  H.  F.  Clark  were  appointed  a  committee  to  pre- 
pare and  report  by-laws,  and  at  an  adjourned  meeting  of 
the  association,  held  May  23,  1870,  Wm.  S.  Easton,  from 
the  committee  on  by-laws,  reported  the  following,  which 
were  unanimously  adopted : 

By-Laws. 

Article  i.  The  name  of  this  Association  shall  be  the 
"Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa." 

Article  2.  The  board  of  directors  shall  consist  of  nine 
persons,  one  of  whom  shall  be  the  trustee  appointed  by  Oc- 
cidental Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  one  the  trustee  ap- 
pointed by  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  37,  R.  A.  M.,  and  one  the 
trustee  appointed  by  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10,  K.  T.,  to 
represent  and  vote  on  the  stock  which  each  of  said  IMasonic 
bodies  may  hold  in  said  association,  and  six  other  persons, 
stockholders  in  the  association,  who  shall  be  IMaster  ]\Iasons 
in  good  standing,  who  shall  be  elected  on  the  23d  day  of 
May,  1870,  and  annually  thereafter  on  the  first  IMonday  in 
January,  and  shall  immediately  enter  upon  the  duties  of  their 
office,  and  shall  hold  the  same  until  their  successors  shall  be 
elected  and  qualified.  No  person  shall  be  declared  elected 
who  shall  not  receive  a  majority  of  all  the  votes  cast.  Va- 
cancies happening  from  any  cause  shall  be  filled  by  appoint- 
ment by  the  remaining  members  of  the  board  for  the  un- 
expired term.  In  the  case  of  suspension  or  expulsion  of  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors,  or  an  officer  of  the  asso- 
ciation, by  a  Master  Mason's  Lodge,  his  official  position 
shall  be  declared  vacant,  and  the  vacancy  filled  as  provided 
for  in  Article  4  of  these  by-laws. 

Article  3.  All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot,  each  share  of 
stock  being  entitled  to  one  vote,  and  the  number  of  shares 


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of  each  stockholder  shall  be  endorsed  upon  his  ballot.  Bal- 
lots may  be  cast  in  person  or  by  proxy  appointed  in  writing, 
the  appointment  to  be  filed  with  the  secretary.  Stock  owned 
by  Masonic  bodies  may  be  voted  by  the  trustee  of  the  body 
owning  the  stock. 

Article  4.  The  officers  shall  consist  of  a  president,  vice- 
president,  secretary  and  treasurer,  who  shall  be  chosen  by 
the  board  of  directors  at  their  first  regular  meeting  after 
their  election,  and  shall  hold  their  offices  for  one  year,  or 
until  their  successors  are  elected  and  qualified.  Vacancies 
from  any  cause  may  be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  by  ap- 
pointment by  the  board. 

Article  5.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  to  the  office  of 
president  unless  he  be  a  director.  His  duties  shall  be  to  pre- 
side at  all  meetings  of  the  board  of  directors,  and  call  special 
meetings  of  the  board  for  the  transaction  of  business,  to  see 
that  the  officers  perform  their  duties,  and  that  these  by-laws 
are  enforced,  and  to  do  such  other  things  as  may  be  required 
of  him  by  law.  He  shall  not  vote  except  to  give  the  casting 
vote  in  case  of  a  tie. 

Article  6.  The  vice-president  shall  be  chosen  from  the 
board  of  directors,  and  shall  perform  the  duties  of  president 
in  case  of  his  absence,  or  inability  to  perform  them  from 
any  cause.  When  acting  as  president  he  shall  not  vote 
except  to  give  the  casting  vote  in  case  of  a  tie. 

Article  7.  The  secretary  shall  have  the  care  and  custody 
of  the  records  and  seal  of  the  association.  Shall  record  the 
proceedings  of  all  meetings  of  the  board  of  directors,  and 
perform  such  other  duties  as  they  may  direct  or  as  may  be 
required  by  law. 

Article  8.  The  treasurer  shall  have  the  care  and  custody 
of  the  books  of  accounts  and  business  papers  of  the  associa- 
tion, as  well  as  of  all  moneys,  with  authority  to  collect  and 
receive  the  same,  and  shall  pay  out  the  same  only  on  tha 
order  of  the  president,  countersigned  by  the  secretary,  unless 
otherwise  specifically  directed  by  the  board  oi  directors.  He 
shall  give  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  at  least  twenty  thousand 
dollars,  conditioned  that  he  shall  faithfully  perform  the  du- 
ties of  his  office,  and  keep  an  account  of  all  the  moneys  of 
the  association  which  shall  come  to  his  hand  while  he  shall 
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98  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

hold  the  office  of  treasurer,  which  bond  shall  be  approved  by 
the  board  of  directors. 

Article  9.  There  shall  be  a  finance  committee  appointed 
by  the  president  annually,  at  the  first  regular  meeting  of  the 
directors,  consisting  of  three  members  of  the  board,  who 
shall  serve  for  one  year,  and  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  ex- 
amine all  accounts  and  reports  of  the  officers  of  the  board, 
and  make  annual  and  other  reports  as  directed  by  the  di- 
rectors. 

Article  10.  The  capital  stock  shall  be  fifty  thousand 
dollars,  divided  into  shares  of  twenty  dollars  each,  and  shall 
be  transferable  upon  the  books  of  the  association  only  upon 
a  surrender  of  the  certificate  therefor,  and  the  issuing  of  a 
new  certificate  for  the  same  to  the  person  or  persons  to  whom 
the  same  is  transferred.  In  case  of  the  loss  or  destruction 
of  a  certificate  of  stock,  to  be  established  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  board  of  directors,  a  new  certificate  or  certificates  may 
be  issued  to  the  person  or  persons  entitled  to  same. 

Article  11.  In  the  case  of  the  failure  of  any  subscriber 
to  the  capital  stock  to  pay  any  call  or  assessment  upon  or  for 
any  portion  of  his  stock  at  the  time  same  shall  be  made  pay- 
able, the  board  of  directors,  at  their  option,  may  declare  such 
subscription  forfeited,  and  upon  such  forfeiture  all  moneys 
paid  on  such  subscriptions,  or  stock,  issued  to  such  subscrib- 
ers, shall  become  the  absolute  property  of  the  association. 

Article  12.  Regular  meetings  of  the  board  of  directors 
shall  be  held  on  the  second  Monday  in  April.  July,  October 
and  January,  in  each  year,  at  the  office  of  the  association. 
Special  meetings  may  be  called  at  any  time  by  the  president 
or  upon  the  written  request  of  any  two  directors,  left  with 
the  secretary,  of  which  he  shall  give  all  the  directors  written 
notice.  For  business  purposes,  a  majority  of  the  board  shall 
constitute  a  quorum,  but  no  officer  shall  be  elected  unless  by 
the  votes  of  a  majority  of  all  the  directors. 

Article  13.  The  compensation  of  the  various  officers 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  board  of  directors. 

Article  14.  These  by-laws  shall  not  be  altered,  amended 
or  repealed  except  at  a  regular  meeting  of  the  board  of  di- 
rectors, and  then  only  when  written  notice  of  the  proposed 
action  shall  have  been  given  to  each  director  at  least  thirty 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  99 

days  previous  to  the  meeting;  provided,  however,  that  by 
a  unanimous  vote  of  all  the  members  of  the  board  the  same 
may  be  altered  or  repealed  without  notice. 
Adopted  May  23,  1870. 

The  subscription  book  being  opened  at  this  meeting,  the 
following  sums  were  duly  subscribed : 

Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  by  John 

Stout,  trustee $1,300.00 

Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  37,  R.  A.  M.,  by  E.  H. 

Smith,  trustee   1,600.00 

Ottawa  Commandery,   No.    10,   K.  T.,  by  Julius 

Avery,  trustee 600.00 

John  F.  Nash   100.00 

H.  F.  Clark 100.00 

Wm.  S.  Easton 100.00 

F.  L.  Fiske  100.00 

R.  M.  McArthur   100.00 

W.  L.  Gibson 100.00 

At  a  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Masonic  Associ- 
ation, held  in  the  office  of  Wm.  S.  Easton,  on  Monday  even- 
ing, May  23,  1870,  Wm.  S.  Easton,  H.  F.  Clark,  J.  F.  Nash, 
F.  L.  Fiske,  R.  M.  McArthur,  W.  L.  Gibson,  Julius  Avery, 
E.  H.  Smith  and  John  Stout  were  elected  directors.  R. 
Henning  was  afterwards  appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
by  the  death  of  Julius  Avery. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  association,  Monday 
evening.  May  23,  1870,  the  following  officers  were  elected: 

Wm.  S.  Easton,  President. 

R.  M.  McArthur,  Vice-President. 

H.  F.  Clark,  Secretary. 

John  F.  Nash,  Treasurer. 

And  the  president  appointed  F.  L.  Fiske,  W.  L.  Gibson 
and  John  Stout  to  serve  on  the  finance  committee,  and  the 
by-laws  adopted  by  the  corporators  were  unanimously 
adopted  by  the  directors. 


100  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Monday  evening,  Feb.  6,  1871,  on  motion  of 
brother  F.  L.  Fiske,  the  following  preamble  and  resolution 
was  adopted  unanimously : 

Whereas,  Abigail  Holland  and  Edward  C.  Holland,  by 
their  deed,  dated  June  4,  1868,  did  convey  to  Wm.  S. 
Easton,  Julius  Avery  and  Samuel  C.  Walker,  as  trustees  of 
Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  the  survivor 
or  survivors  of  them,  the  north  sixty  feet  of  lot  three  and 
the  north  forty  feet  of  lot  four  in  block  number  eighty-nine, 
in  the  State's  addition  to  Ottawa,  La  Salle  county,  Illinois, 
in  trust  for  the  uses  and  purposes  following,  to-wit :  That 
said  trustees,  as  trustees,  shall  have  and  hold  said  property 
for  the  sole  and  exclusive  use,  behoof  and  benefit  of  said  Oc- 
cidental Lodge,  with  full  power  in  said  trustees  to  mortgage, 
sell,  convey  and  lease  said  property  or  any  part  thereof  with 
the  consent  oi  said  Occidental  Lodge,  to  be  expressed  by  a 
resolution  of  said  Lodge  at  any  regular  meeting  thereof. 
And, 

Whereas,  By  an  act  to  incorporate  the  Masonic  Associa- 
tion of  Ottawa,  approved  March  26,  A.  D.  1869,  it  is  pro- 
vided in  section  five  of  said  act  that  as  soon  as  said  com- 
pany is  organized  Samuel  C.  Walker,  Julius  Avery  and 
William  S.  Easton  shall  convey  to  it  all  real  estate  held  in 
trust  by  them  for  any  Masonic  orders  in  Ottawa,  including 
Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40.     Therefore, 

Resolved,  That  Wm.  S.  Easton  (he  being  the  sole  sur- 
vivor of  trustees  above  mentioned)  be,  and  he  is,  hereby 
authorized  and  directed  to  execute  a  quitclaim  deed,  con- 
veying the  title  held  by  him,  as  aforesaid,  in  the  real  estate 
aforesaid,  to  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa. 

In  compliance  with  said  resolution,  Wm.  S.  Easton  ex- 
ecuted a  trust  deed  to  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa, 
III,  February  18,  1871. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Tuesday  evening,  January  15,  A.  D. 
1872,  on  motion  of  brother  J.  F.  Nash,  it  was  unanimously 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  lOI 

resolved  that  the  Masons  of  Ottawa  and  vicinity  desire 
the  erection  this  coming  season  of  a  Masonic  building,  and 
that  we  make  the  attempt  to  raise  the  money  for  same,  and, 
on  further  motion,  Bros.  W.  S.  Easton,  J.  F.  Nash  and  John 
Stout  were  appointed  a  committee  to  solicit  subscriptions 
for  said  purpose. 

At  this  time  the  Masonic  Association  had  subscribed  to 
their  capital  stock  four  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Masonic 
Association  of  Ottawa,  Monday  evening,  April  lo,  1872, 
director  Fiske  offered  the  following  resolution,  which,  on 
motion  of  director  Nash,  was  unanimously  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  a  committee  of  three  be  appointed  by  the 
president  to  procure  plans  and  specifications  for  a  Masonic 
hall  and  opera  house.  Said  plans  to  be  made  on  the  basis 
of  the  sketches  now  in  possession  of  the  association,  and 
made  by  Messrs,  Carter  &  Drake,  of  Chicago,  with  such  al- 
terations and  changes  as  the  committee  may  suggest,  pro- 
vided that  said  plans  for  the  building  shall  be  made  so  that 
the  estimated  cost  of  said  building  shall  not  exceed  $40,000. 

John  F.  Nash,  James  N.  Col  well  and  Robert  Henning 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  procure  plans  and  specifica- 
tions for  building,  in  accordance  with  the  above  resolution, 
and,  on  motion  of  Nash,  the  president  was  added  to  the  com- 
mittee. At  the  same  meeting  Article  10  of  the  by-laws  was 
amended,  as  follows : 

"And  no  assessment  shall  be  made  upon  any  stock  that 
has  been  paid  in  full." 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Masonic  Association, 
May  3,  1872,  the  president  was  directed  to  take  the  neces- 
sary steps  to  procure  title  to  the  south  twenty  feet  of  lot  4, 
block  89,  State's  addition  to  Ottawa. 

Director  Henning  filed  his  certificate  as  director  from 
Ottawa  Commandery,   No.   10,  K.   T.,  in  place  of  Julius 


102  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Avery,  deceased,  said  appointment  bearing  date  January  12, 
1871. 

The  committee  on  plans  and  specifications  reported  that 
they  had  contracted  with  Carter  &  Drake  for  plans  and 
specifications  for  building,  designed  for  an  opera  house  and 
Masonic  hall,  and  presented  the  plan  for  the  stone  founda- 
tion for  inspection.  The  committee  on  finance  reported 
$23,000.00  subscribed  to  the  capital  stock. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Masonic  Association, 
May  7,  1872,  president  Easton  presented  a  bond  for  a  deed 
for  the  south  twenty  feet  of  lot  4,  block  89,  in  the  State's 
addition  to  Ottawa.  The  proposal  of  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co. 
to  excavate  the  cellar  and  construct  the  stone  work  for  the 
Masonic  building,  according  to  plans  and  specifications,  for 
the  sum  of  $3,390.00,  was  received,  and,  on  motion  of 
Fiske,  the  work  was  let  to  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  for  the 
above  amount,  to  be  performed  under  the  direction  of  a 
building  committee  appointed  by  the  president,  consisting  of 
F.  L.  Fiske,  R.  Henning  and  John  Stout. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Masonic  Associa- 
tion, June  5,  1872,  director  Fiske  from  committee  on  build- 
ing, reported  proposals  from  W.  F.  Bushnell,  Mendota,  for 
a  portion  of  the  work  for  the  sum  of  $39,600.00,  and  from 
Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  for  the  entire  work,  as  specified,  for 
the  sum  of  $44,312.00. 

On  motion  of  Fiske  both  bids  were  rejected. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  association,  June 
10,  1872,  on  motion  of  J.  F.  Nash,  the  proposition  of  Col- 
well, Clark  &  Co.,  to  make  the  necessary  excavations  and 
erect  the  building  on  lots  3  an  4,  in  block  89,  according  to 
the  plans  and  specifications  furnished  by  Carter,  Drake  & 
Wright,  for  the  sum  of  $44,312.00,  was  accepted.  Accord- 
ingly a  contract  was  subsequently  drawn  and  signed  by  the 
president  and  secretary  for  the  association. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE,  IO3 

Twenty  per  cent,  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  association 
was  made  payable  June  i,  1872,  twenty  per  cent.  July  i, 
1872,  and  twenty  per  cent,  every  fifteen  days  after  July  r, 
1872.  On  July  16,  1872,  the  treasurer  of  the  association 
was  ordered  to  draw  an  order  for  $6,000.00,  payable  August 
16,  1872,  to  be  paid  the  contractors,  which  amount  being 
due  per  estimate  of  the  building  committee. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors,  August  10,  1872,  it  was 
agreed  to  execute  to  Col  well,  Clark  &  Co.,  notes  at  sixty 
days,  to  the  amount  of  $10,000.00,  and  that,  in  final  settle- 
ment with  said  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  the  association  reim- 
burse to  them  the  discount  on  said  notes. 

Subscribers  were  slow  in  paying  their  subscriptions  to 
the  capital  stock,  and  an  assistant  secretary  was  appointed, 
at  a  salary  of  $50.00  per  month,  to  assist  the  secretary  in 
collecting  assessments.  The  building  being  completed,  the 
building  committee  was  directed  to  procure  carpets  and  nec- 
essaries for  putting  home  in  order. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  association,  October  22,  1872,  di- 
rector J.  F.  Nash  presented  a  statement  of  finances,  and  a 
list  of  delinquent  subscribers,  and,  on  motion,  such  delin- 
quent subscriptions,  as  in  the  opinion  of  the  secretary  and 
treasurer  cannot  be  collected,  were  ordered  placed  in  the 
hands  of  Messrs.  Bushnell  &  Bull  for  collection.  At  this 
meeting  the  secretary  was  empowered  to  rent  hall  at  such 
rates  as  in  his  discretion  may  be  proper,  and  the  president 
secretary  and  building  committee  were  authorized  to  fix  the 
rent  of  stores  and  offices,  and  to  lease  the  same  as  may  be 
seen  best,  and  the  building  committee  were  authorized  to 
hire  a  janitor. 

On  November  6,  1872,  at  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of 
the  Masonic  Association,  the  secretary  was  instructed  to 
procure  insurance  on  Masonic  temple  building,  not  to  ex- 
ceed $30,000.00,  said  insurance  to  be  for  the  benefit  of  Col- 


104  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

well,  Clark  &  Co.,  as  contractors  and  builders,  and  the  cost 
of  said  insurance  to  be  allowed  to  them  in  final  settlement. 

The  new  Masonic  temple  and  opera  house  was  completed 
late  in  the  fall  of  1872.  Subscribers  failed  to  come  forward 
with  ready  cash  to  satisfy  the  contractors.  The  balance  due, 
amounting  to  many  thousands  of  dollars  for  extra  work  and 
finish,  was  heavy. 

The  Masonic  association  was  unable  to  meet  its  obliga- 
tions with  the  contractors.  The  association  was  confronted 
with  a  deficit  in  the  treasury.  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  secured 
the  services  of  Washington  Bushnell,  and  the  beginning  of 
the  end  of  the  Masonic  Association  was  at  hand. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the  Masonic  Associa- 
tion, December  31,  1872,  Washington  Bushnell,  attorney  for 
Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  presented  and  made  a  statement  of 
the  basis  of  settlement  in  full  for  building  Masonic  temple 
and  opera  house,  and  extras.  On  January  3,  1873,  Wash- 
ington Bushnell,  attorney  for  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  pre- 
sented a  written  statement  to  the  directors  of  the  associa- 
tion, showing  final  adjustment  of  all  accounts  against  the 
Masonic  Association,  and,  on  motion,  a  committee  was  ap- 
pointed to  examine  the  same  and  report  at  an  adjourned 
meeting.  The  meeting  then  adjourned  to  meet  again  at  3 
p.  M.,  of  the  same  day,  at  which  meeting,  on  motion  of 
brother  Robert  Henning,  it  was  ordered  that  all  former 
propositions  for  settlement  with  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  by 
the  directors  be  rescinded,  and,  on  motion  of  brother  Ed. 
H.  Smith,  it  was  ordered  that  the  settlement  with  Colwell. 
Clark  &  Co.  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  an  attorney,  said  at- 
torney to  be  selected  by  the  president  and  secretary. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Masonic  Association,  held 
in  the  opera  house  block,  January  4,  1873,  brothers  J.  F. 
Nash,  E.  F.  Bull,  R.  M.  McArthur,  George  J.  Burgess,  Wm. 
S.  Easton  and  E.  L.  Herrick  were  elected  directors. 


'THE    EAST"  OF   OCCIDENTAL   LODGE 


Of  fHt 

UNIVEKSI1V  OP  iiumis 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  IO5 

At  the  next  subsequent  meeting  of  the  directors,  held 
in  January,  1873,  on  motion  of  brother  E.  H.  Smith,  W. 
S.  Easton  was  elected  president  for  the  ensuing  year.  On 
motion  of  brother  J.  F.  Nash,  brother  John  Stout  was 
elected  secretary  for  the  ensuing  year,  and  on  motion  of 
brother  W.  S.  Easton,  brother  J.  F.  Nash  was  elected  treas- 
urer for  the  ensuing  year.  On  motion  of  brother  J.  F. 
Nash,  it  was  ordered  that  a  settlement  be  made  with  Col- 
well,  Clark  &  Co.,  upon  the  basis  reported  by  director  E.  F. 
Bull,  and,  on  motion  of  brother  E.  H.  Smith,  the  following 
preamble  and  resolutions  were  adopted : 

Resolved,  Whereas,  it  api^ears  upon  the  adjustment 
and  settlement  of  the  matters  of  differences  between  the  Ma- 
sonic Association  of  Ottawa,  and  John  Colwell,  Henry  F. 
Clark  and  James  N.  Colwell,  composing  the  firm  of  Col- 
well, Clark  &  Co.,  that  there  is  now  due  said  firm  of  Col- 
well, Clark  &  Co.,  upon  their  contract  for  building  the  opera 
house  and  Masonic  hall  building,  and  for  their  bill  of  extras 
(after  allowing  all  proper  deductions),  the  sum  of  twenty- 
two  thousand  three  hundred  and  ninety-five  and  50-100 
dollars,  upon  which  sum  said  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  are  en- 
titled to  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent,  from  the  first 
day  of  November,  A.  D.  1872,  which  would  make  the 
amount,  principal  and  interest,  due  said  firm  on  the  first  day 
of  January,  A.  D.  1873,  the  sum  of  twenty-two  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  sixty-eight  and  75-100  dollars; 

And,  whereas,  on  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1873, 
there  was  due  Henry  Smeeton,  the  sum  of  five  hundred  six- 
ty-seven and  02-100  dollars  for  work  done  and  material  fur- 
nished to  said  Masonic  Association,  and  to  George  J.  Bur- 
gess, the  sum  of  one  thousand  seventy  and  47-100  dollars 
for  plumbing,  gas  fitting  and  labor  and  material,  and  to 
Messrs.  Carter  &  Drake,  the  sum  of  twelve  hundred  dollars 
for  services  as  architects,  and  on  note  at  National  City  Bank, 
balance  due  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  all  of  which  said  sums 
so  due  said  Smeeton,  Burgess,  Carter  &  Drake,  and  on  said 
note,  said  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  have  assumed  and  agree  to 
pay,  and  which  sums  so  assumed  by  them,  added  to  the 


I06  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

amount  found  due  upon  their  contract,  makes  the  sum  total 
oi  twenty-seven  thousand  one  hundred  six  and  2/[-ioo  dol- 
lars, now  due  them,  oil  which  they  are  justly  entitled  to  in- 
terest from  the  first  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1873; 

And,  whereas,  the  said  Masonic  Association  are  unable 
to  pay  the  sum  at  present,  and  said  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co. 
have  agreed  to  take  notes,  secured  by  a  trust  deed  upon  the 
real  estate  and  buildings  owned  by  said  Association,  for  the 
sum  so  due,  drawing  interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent, 
per  annum,  payable  semi-annually,  and  notes  and  trust  deed 
to  bear  date  January  i,  1873,  and  to  become  due  eighteen 
months  after  date;  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  By  the  board  of  directors  of  said  Masonic  As- 
sociation, that  the  president  and  secretary  be,  and  they  are, 
hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  make,  execute  and  de- 
liver to  said  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  the  notes  of  said  associa- 
tion, amounting  in  the  aggregate  to  the  sum  of  twenty-seven 
thousand  one  hundred  six  and  24-100  dollars,  dated  January 
I,  1873,  to  be  due  in  eighteen  months  from  date,  drawing 
interest  at  the  rate  of  ten  per  cent,  per  annum,  interest  pay- 
able semi-annually,  and  containing  a  provision  that  upon  a 
failure  to  pay  either  installment  of  interest  the  whole  of  the 
principal  sum  and  interest  shall  immediately  become  due  and 
payable,  and  that  in  order  to  secure  the  payment  of  said 
notes  they  execute  and  deliver  to  E.  Follett  Bull,  for  the 
association,  a  trust  deed  upon  the  following  described  lots 
or  parcels  of  real  estate,  situated  in  the  city  of  Ottawa,  coun- 
ty of  La  Salle  and  state  of  Illinois,  viz. : 

The  north  sixty  (60)  feet  of  lot  No.  three  (3),  all  of  lot 
No.  four  (4),  in  block  No.  eighty-nine  (89),  State's  addition 
to  Ottawa,  including  the  stage  scenery  in  the  opera  house 
and  other  fixtures,  containing  power  of  sale  in  the  usual 
form,  authorizing  said  trustee  to  sell  and  convey  said  prem- 
ises, and  all  equity  of  redemption  for  the  whole  of  said  prin- 
cipal sum  and  interest,  or  cither  installment  of  interest,  and 
also  providing  that  said  association  shall  keep  the  building 
situated  upon  said  premises  insured  for  the  full  amount  due 
said  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  and  for  their  benefit,  in  first  class 
companies,  and  that  said  association  shall  pay  all  taxes  as- 
sessed against  said  real  estate  from  time  to  time  in  due 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  lO/ 

season,  and  that  in  default  thereof  the  said  Colwell,  Clark 
&  Co.  may  pay  the  same  and  add  the  amount  so  paid,  either 
for  taxes  or  insurance,  to  the  sum  due  on  said  notes,  and 
thereupon  the  principal  sum  and  interest  due  upon  said 
notes  shall  become  immediately  payable,  and  the  provision 
of  said  trust  deed  enforced  to  secure  its  payment. 

Resolved,  That  said  trust  deed  shall  contain  all  the  pro- 
visions usually  required  by  persons  loaning  money  on  real 
estate  security,  and  inserted  in  trust  deed  or  sale  mortgage 
given  to  secure  the  re-payment  of  money  loaned. 

On  motion  of  Herrick  ordered  that  the  committee  ap- 
pointed to  rent  the  building  be  authorized  to  purchase  coal, 
etc.,  that  may  be  necessary  for  the  opera  house,  and  the  clerk 
ordered  to  draw  orders  for  same. 

John  Stout,  Secretary, 

In  compliance  with  the  above  resolution,  the  Masonic 
Association  of  Ottawa  executed  trust  deed  to  E.  Follett  Bull, 
dated  January  i,  1873. 

Copy  of  Article  of  Agreement. 

Article  of  Agreement,  made  this  13th  day  of  January, 
A.  D.  1873,  between  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa, 
of  the  one  part,  and  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  of  the  other  part. 

Witnesseth,  That  said  association  will  reserve  and  pay 
to  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  the  net  proceeds  arising  from  the 
rent  of  their  buildings,  situated  on  the  north  sixty  feet  of  lot 
No.  three,  and  all  of  lot  four,  in  block  No.  eighty-nine,  in 
State's  addition  to  the  city  of  Ottawa,  La  Salle  county,  Illi- 
nois, and  all  moneys  collected  and  stock  subscriptions  re- 
maining unpaid,  after  paying  the  taxes  and  insurance,  and 
all  necessary  repairs  and  expenses  on  said  building,  first  to 
be  applied  tO'  the  payment  of  the  semi-annual  interest  on 
their  claims  against  the  association,  and  the  balance,  if  any, 
to  be  indorsed  on  the  notes  held  by  them  at  the  expiration  of 
each  six  months.  Said  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  hereby  agree 
to  raise  the  chimneys  on  the  main  buildings,  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable, two  feet  higher  than  now,  to  give  the  cornice  over 
store  front  and  north  entrance  one  coat  of  pure  white  lead 


I08  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

and  oil  paint,  to  grain  the  doors  and  woodwork  in  the  vesti- 
bule, to  paint  the  iron  steps,  to  place  two  shelves  in  each 
closet  and  strips  for  clothes  hooks  and  hooks  therefor  (hooks 
to  be  ten  inches  apart),  to  fill  in  with  brick  work  from  the 
storm  wall  to  the  chimneys  in  opera  house,  to  properly  brick 
up  and  cement  the  pediment  and  inside  of  iron  cornice,  to  oil 
the  main  stair  rail  in  the  vestibule,  to  place  such  fastenings 
on  all  the  windows  as  per  specifications,  to  pay  the  following 
claims  and  debts  against  the  association,  viz. : 

To  Henry  Smeeton    $    567.02 

To  Geo.  J.  Burgess 1,070.47 

To  Messrs.  Carter  &  Drake   1,200.00 

On  note  at  National  City  Bank,  balance  due.  .  .  .    1,500.00 
Dated  at  Ottawa,  the  day  and  year  above  written. 

Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa, 
By  Wm.   S.   Easton,  its  President. 
John  Stout,  Secretary. 

CoLWELL,  Clark  &  Co. 

Copy  of  Receipt. 
Received  of  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  notes 
to  the  amount  of  $27,106.24,  dated  January  i,  1873,  due  in 
eighteen  months,  w'ith  interest  at  ten  per  cent.,  payable  semi- 
annually, in  full  payment  and  satisfaction  of  all  claims 
against  said  association  for  work  done  on  opera  house 
building,  including  contract  and  extras,  and  also  including 
our  responsibility  in  assuming  the  payment  of  the  above 
receipted  indebtedness,  said  notes  secured  by  a  trust  deed 
to  E.  F.  Bull,  on  north  sixty  feet  lot  No.  3,  and  whole  of  lot 
No,  4,  in  block  89,  State's  addition  to  Ottawa,  January  15, 

'^'  CoLWELL,  Clark  &  Co., 

By  Bushnell  &  Bull,  their  attorneys. 

Four  notes  at  $2,500.00,  dated  Jan.  i,  1873,  due  in  18 
months,  $10,000.00. 

Two  notes  at  $5,000.00,  dated  Jan.  i,  1873,  due  in  18 
months,  $10,000.00 

Three  notes  at  $1,500.00,  dated  Jan.  i,  1873,  due  in  18 
months,  $4,500.00. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  IO9 

One  note,  dated  Jan.  i,  1873,  due  in  18  months,  $2,- 
606.24. 

Total,  $27,106.24. 

Interest  on  the  above  notes  at  ten  per  cent,  per  annum, 
payable  semi-annually. 

The  new  Masonic  temple  being  completed,  Occidental 
Lodge  began  to  make  arrangements  for  leasing  the  Masonic 
hall,  and  properly  apportioning  the  amount  of  lease  among 
the  different  Masonic  bodies  which  were  to  meet  in  the  hall. 
The  question  of  appropriately  furnishing  the  new  hall  was 
a  momentous  question  for  Occidental  Lodge  to  handle,  with 
their  exchequer  now  empty,  their  cash  assets  having  been 
invested  in  the  stock  of  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Monday  evening,  October  21,  1872, 
brother  W.  S.  Easton  presented  the  following  resolution  in 
writing,  as  an  amendment  to  our  by-laws,  by  adding  Sec- 
tion 5  to  Article  2,  which  section  reads  as  follows : 

"There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Worshipful  Master, 
at  each  annual  election,  one  trustee  to  represent  and  vote  on 
the  stock  which  this  Lodge  holds  in  the  Masonic  Association 
of  Ottawa."' 

At  a  stated  communication,  November  15,  1872,  the 
above  amendment  was  adopted,  and,  on  motion  of  brother 
B.  S.  Porter,  it  was  ordered  that  the  Worshipful  Master 
appoint  a  committee  of  one,  to  confer  with  a  like  committee 
from  Shabbona  Chapter  and  Ottawa  Commandery,  to  ar- 
range for  the  rent  of  the  new  hall,  and  also  for  the  frescoing 
of  the  same.  Whereupon  the  Worshipful  Master  appointed 
brother  Ed.  H.  Smith  such  committee. 

At  the  annual  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Monday  evening,  December  2,  1872, 
brother  John  Stout  was  appointed  trustee  to  represent  Oc- 
cidental Lodge  in  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa. 


no  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Monday  evening,  December  16,  1872, 
on  motion  of  brother  E.  L.  Herrick,  it  was  ordered  that  the 
Worshipful  Master,  Senior  and  Junior  Wardens  secure  a 
lease  of  the  new  Masonic  hall  of  the  Masonic  Association 
of  Ottawa,  for  a  term  of  ten  years  from  January  i,  1873, 
at  an  annual  rental  not  to  exceed  $500.00.  Said  officers 
were  also  authorized  to  loan  from  Shabbona  Chapter,  No. 
37,  R.  A.  M.,  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  for  one  year,  at 
ten  per  cent,  interest. 

During  the  winter  of  1873  a  social  party  was  given  by  the 
Lodge,  which  netted  them  $51.00,  also  a  Masonic  dramatic 
association  was  organized  and  gave  performances  of  a  high- 
ly creditable  character  in  the  Masonic  opera  house,  which 
netted  Occidental  Lodge  $200.00, 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Alonday  evening,  February  17,  1873,  broth- 
er Ed.  H.  Smith,  who  was  appointed  to  arrange  for  fres- 
coing, furnishing  and  adjusting  rent  of  Lodge  rooms  as 
between  the  other  Masonic  bodies,  reported  as  follows : 

1872. 

Nov.  22.  Smith    and    Cameron,    fare    to 

Chicago     $  12.00 

Nov.  25.  Moving  stove .75 

Nov.  27.  Cover  for  flue   .12 

Nov.  30.  Carrying  coal .60 

Dec.    3.  Carrying  coal    .60 

Dec.    6.  A.   Anderson,  night  watch....  12.00 

Dec.  14.  Wire  cloth  for  ventilators  ....  .50 

Dec.  18.  Coal    3.50 

Dec.  19.  Help  moving  furniture    i.oo 

Dec.  20.  Tacks     i.oo 

Dec.  20.  Cleaning  floors,  etc 8.45 

1873- 
Jan.  17.     Coal    3.75 

Jan.  22.     Freight  on  carpet   1.50 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  Ill 

Thread  for  carpet   .25 

Taking  up  and  cleaning  old  car- 
pet       2.25 

Nov.    6.     Dewey's  bill,  putting  up  stoves, 

etc 3.05 

Nov.  13.     Tacks,  thread,  etc    .35 

Nov.  17.     Piatt's  bill,  cleaning  Lodge...  12.00 
Sewing  and  putting  down  car- 
pet     8.00 

Planing  floor    5.00 

T.  B.  Lauderback,  keeping  fires  20.00 

S.  H.  Reade,  carpet 278.31 

J.  Gaul,  upholstering  furniture  18.90 

H.  Smeeton,  stoves   74-70 

D.  R.  Gregg,  putting  down  car- 
pets      I5-00 

G.  J.  Burgess,  gas  fitting 274.98 

Schobert  &  Knoeing,  frescoing  550.00 

$928.04 

By  cash     $180.52 

By  cash 200.00 

$380.52 

List  of  creditors : 

Schobert  &  Knoeing   $210.00 

G.  J.  Burgess 274.98 

S.  H.  Peck 178.31 

D.  R.  Gregg i5-00 

H.   Smeeton   74-70 

J.  Gaul    18.90 

I.  B.  Lauderback   33-00 

E.  H.  Smith,  advanced 123.15 

$928.04 

Report  of  rent  adjusted : 

Humboldt  Lodge $100.00 

Ottaw^a  Commandery    100.00 

Shabbona  Qiapter   150.00 

(Signed)     E.  H.  Smith,  Com. 

Which  report  was  received  and,  on  motion,  adopted,  and 


112  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

brother  Smith  discharg-ed  from  further  duties  in  the  prem- 
ises, with  the  thanks  of  the  Lodge. 

On  motion  of  brother  Easton,  it  was  ordered  that  orders 
upon  the  treasurer  be  drawn  for  amounts  reported  by  said 
committee  to  be  due  from  the  Lodge,  as  follows : 

Schobert  &  Knoeing   $210.00 

George  J.  Burgess 274.98 

S.  H.  Peck 178.31 

D.  R.   Gregg    1 5-00 

H.  Smeeton    74-70 

J.  Gaul    18.90 

L  B.  Lauderback 33-00 

E.  H.  Smith 123.15 

$928.04 
At  the  annual  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Monday  evening,  December  i,  1873, 
brother  Robert  M.  Mc Arthur  was  elected  Worshipful  Mas- 
ter. John  Stout  was  again  appointed  trustee  to  represent 
Occidental  Lodge  in  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa  for 
the  ensuing  year. 

At  the  following  stated  communication,  the  following 
communication  was  received  from  brother  R.  M.  Mc  Arthur, 
which  was  accepted,  and  ordered  that  a  dispensation  for  an 
election  of  Worshipful  Master  be  procured : 

Ottawa,  111.,  Dec.  15,  1873. 
Worshipful  Master,  Wardens  and  Brothers  of  Occidental 

Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. : 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  official  notice  of 
your  action  at  the  late  annual  election  of  officers  of  Occiden- 
tal Lodge,  No.  40,  on  the  evening  of  the  ist  inst.,  at  which 
time  it  was  your  pleasure  to  elect  me  as  Worshipful  IMaster 
for  the  ensuing  Masonic  year.  While  I  acknowledge  the 
high  compliment  thus  conferred,  I  must  say  that  it  would 
afford  me  much  pleasure  to  serve  you  in  that  capacity,  but 


THE    WEST"  OF   OCCIDENTAL    LODGE 


SKo-wing  the  finest  Masonic  Pillars  in  the  United  States 


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UNIVtKJillv  Of  iiitmts 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  II3 

circumstances,  which  I  cannot  control,  will  compel  me  to 
decline  that  distinguished  honor. 

Very  respectfully,  your  brother  fraternally, 

RoBT.  M.  McArthur. 

Accordingly  a  dispensation  was  duly  received  from  the 
Grand  Master,  a  special  election  held,  and  Worshipful 
Brother  H.  F.  Clark  was  elected  Worshipful  Master  for  the 
ensuing  Masonic  year. 

The  Masonic  Association  having  failed  to  meet  their 
financial  obligations,  entered  into  with  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co., 
in  January,  1873,  trustee  E.  Follett  Bull  was  required  to  ex- 
ecute a  trust  deed  to  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  dated  Jan.  17, 
1874,  consideration  the  amount  of  four  notes  due  Colwell, 
Clark  &  Co.,  $27,106.24.  This  was  the  last  transaction  of 
the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  and  we  trust  that  the 
Masonic  bodies  may  never  have  such  another  experience  in 
their  efforts  to  secure  a  home. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  May  4,  1874,  a  committee  of  three,  consist- 
ing of  brothers  John  F.  Nash,  Geo,  J.  Burgess  and  E.  H. 
Smith,  was  appointed  to  confer  with  Calwell,  Clark  &  Co., 
to  whom  the  Masonic  temple  was  transferred,  in  regard  to 
leasing  the  lodge  rooms. 

At  the  following  stated  communication,  May  18,  1874, 
the  abo-ve  committee  reported  that  the  proprietors  had  sug- 
gested to  them  the  following  terms  for  a  new  lease,  viz.,  a 
lease  for  the  term  of  six  years  from  Jan.  i,  1874,  at  an  an- 
nual rental  of  $300.00  for  the  first  three  years,  and  an  an- 
nual rental  of  $500.00  for  the  last  three  years,  and  agreed, 
upon  the  execution  of  said  new  lease,  to  remit  to  the  Lodge 
all  back  rent  due  up  to  the  ist  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1874. 
On  motion,  the  report  was  received  and  the  committee  dis- 
charged. 

At  a  stated  communication  of  the  Lodge,  August  17, 
H 


I  14  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

1874,  a  communication  from  Cohvell,  Clark  &  Co.  was 
presented,  notifying  the  Lodge  that  they  had  become  pro- 
prietors of  the  building  in  which  the  lodge  room  of  Occiden- 
tal Lodge  was  situated,  and  that  they  did  not  consider  the 
existing  lease  between  the  Lodge  and  the  Masonic  Associ- 
tion  binding  upon  them. 

At  the  stated  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  September  21,  1874,  it  was  ordered  that 
the  Worshipful  Master  and  Secretary,  under  seal  of  the 
Lodge,  or  the  Worshipful  Master  and  Wardens,  be  author- 
ized and  directed  to  execute  on  behalf  of  Occidental  Lodge  a 
lease  from  the  proprietors  of  the  Masonic  building,  for  the 
Masonic  rooms,  for  six  years  from  January  i,  1874,  at  a 
rental  of  $300.00  per  year  for  the  first  three  years  and 
$500.00  per  year  for  the  next  three  years,  rent  payable 
quarterly.  The  said  proprietors  guaranteeing  the  Lodge 
from  any  payment  for  rent  prior  to  said  January  i,  1874. 
At  the  next  stated  communication  the  new  lease  was  pre- 
sented and  accepted. 

At  the  annual  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  De- 
cember 7,  1874,  the  Worshipful  Master  elect  appointed 
brother  Qias.  M.  Catlin  trustee,  to  represent  Occidental 
Lodge  in  the  Masonic  Association  of  Ottawa,  for  the  ensu- 
ing Masonic  year. 

The  last  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge  held  in  the 
new  Masonic  Temple,  before  it  was  destroyed  by  fire,  was 
Monday  evening,  December  21,  1874. 

The  temple  was  destroyed  by  fire  on  the  night  of  De- 
cember 27,  1874.  On  January  4th,  following  the  loss  of 
their  temple  by  fire.  Occidental  Lodge  secured  a  lease  of  the 
Metropolitan  hall  from  Andrew  Lynch,  for  an  annual  rental 
of  $100.00,  where  they  continued  to  meet  until  Colwell, 
Clark  &  Co.,  who  began  at  once  the  rebuilding  of  the  Ma- 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  II5 

sonic  temple  and  opera  house  block,  had  same  ready  for  oc- 
cupancy, during  the  winter  of  1875-6. 

Occidental  Lodge  began  preparing  to  put  their  new 
home  in  order  as  soon  as  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.  began  re- 
building, as  will  be  observed  from  the  following  extracts 
from  their  records  during  the  summer  and  fall  of  1875. 

At  a  stated  communication,  June  7,  1875,  on  motion, 
brothers  F.  L.  Fiske,  W.  B.  Titus  and  Ed.  H.  Smith  were 
appointed  a  committee  to  confer  in  relation  to  the  purchase 
of  an  organ. 

At  a  stated  communication,  June  21,  1875,  the  commit- 
tee, to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of  the  purchase  of  an 
organ,  made  their  report,  and  the  committee  was  discharged, 
and,  on  motion,  further  action  was  posponed. 

New  Hall,  1875. 

Tlie  pillars,  "J^chim  and  Boaz,"  at  the  entrance  to  the 
middle  chamber,  were  made  by  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  at  a 
cost  of  $235.98,  which  amount  was  ordered  paid  at  a  stated 
communication,  July  19,  1875.  They  are  said  to  be  the  fin- 
est pillars  for  Masonic  purposes  in  the  United  States. 

At  this  same  communication,  the  Worshipful  Master  ap- 
pointed brothers  J.  F.  Nash,  F.  L.  Fiske,  J.  H.  Widmer,  W. 
B.  Titus  and  E.  L.  Herrick  a  committee  to  examine  into  the 
condition  of  the  finances  of  the  Lodge,  and  also  to  see  what 
furniture  will  be  necessary  for  the  new  lodge  room,  and  the 
probable  cost  of  the  same,  including  the  frescoing  of  the 
hall,  with  a  request  that  they  report  at  the  next  regular  com- 
munication of  the  Lodge. 

At  a  stated  communication,  September  6,  1875,  the 
above  named  committee  made  their  report  in  the  above 
premises,  and,  on  motion,  the  Worshipful  Master  was  added 
to  said  committee,  and  full  power  given  them  to  fresco  and 
furnish  the  new  lodge  room  for  occupancy,  and  the  Secre- 


Il6  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

tary  was  ordered  to  draw  orders  on  the  Treasurer  for  such 
sums  as  may  be  certified  as  necessary  by  said  committee  in 
frescoing  and  furnishing  said  hall. 

On  motion  of  brother  Thos.  J.  Wade,  for  the  purpose  of 
raising  funds  for  frescoing  and  furnishing  said  hall,  a  loan 
was  authorized  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  for  a  term  of 
three  years,  at  ten  per  cent,  interest  per  annum,  payable  an- 
nually, for  which  the  bonds  of  this  Lodge  shall  be  issued, 
with  interest  coupons  attached,  said  coupons  when  due  to 
be  receivable  for  the  dues  of  this  Lodge.  On  further  mo- 
tion, brothers  T.  J.  Wade,  L.  A.  Rising  and  W.  B.  Titus 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  solicit  subscriptions  for  said 
loan. 

At  this  meeting  brother  Wade  was  authorized  to  invite 
brother  Robert  Morris  to  be  present  at  some  future  meeting 
and  deliver  his  lecture  upon  ''The  Holy  Land  under  the  light 
of  Freemasonry." 

At  a  stated  communication,  Sept.  20,  1875,  brother  T. 
J,  Wade,  as  chairman  of  the  committee  to  solicit  a  loan  of 
twelve  hundred  dollars,  reported  his  progress,  whereupon 
brother  E.  F.  Bull  presented  the  following  preamble  and 
resolutions,  which  were  adopted : 

Whereas,  Several  persons,  members  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and  others,  have  subscribed 
and  promised  to  subscribe  various  sums  of  money  for  the 
purpose  of  assisting  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.,  in  frescoing,  painting  and  furnishing  and  otherwise 
improving  the  new  lodge  room  of  said  Lodge,  in  the  opera 
house  block,  for  which  said  sums  so  subscribed,  it  is  pro- 
posed to  issue  to  each  person  so  subscribing  the  obligations 
of  the  Lodge  for  the  sums  so  subscribed  and  paid,  such  obli- 
gations to  be  made  payable  in  three  years,  to  draw  interest 
at  ten  per  cent,  per  annum,  interest  payable  annually ;  and, 

Whereas,  It  is  desired  on  the  part  of  said  Lodge  to  se- 
cure the  persons  who  may  contribute  funds  for  the  purpose 
aforesaid;  therefore,  be  it 


HISTORY   OF  OCIIDENTAL  LODGE.  II7 

Resolved,  That  the  title  of  the  furniture  of  the  said 
Lodge,  now  owned  by  it,  and  that  which  shall  be  hereafter 
purchased,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  vested  in  the  Master 
of  the  said  Lodge,  and  in  his  successors  in  office,  and  that 
the  title  thus  vested  in  the  Master  be  held  for  him  in  trust 
for  the  benefit  of  the  persons  contributing  to  the  purposes 
set  forth  in  the  preamble. 

Resolved,  That  the  title  of  the  said  furniture  continue 
to  be  vested  in  the  Master  of  this  Lodge  and  his  successors 
in  office  until  said  sums  shall  be  fully  repaid  with  interest. 

Resolved,  That  the  Master  and  his  successors  be,  and  he 
is  hereby  directed  to  keep  such  furniture  fully  insured,  and  in 
case  of  loss  to  pay  said  persons  so  contributing  the  several 
sums  due  them,  with  interest,  the  balance  of  the  insurance, 
if  any,  to  accrue  to  the  benefit  of  i\\^  Lodge. 

At  this  communication,  the  Worshipful  Master  was  in- 
structed to  secure  a  loan  of  $500.00  from  Shabbona  Chap- 
ter, No.  37,  R.  A.  M.,  at  ten  per  cent,  interest  per  annum, 
and  execute  a  note  in  the  name  of  the  Lodge,  as  security 
therefore. 

At  a  stated  communication,  October  18,  1875,  the  Wor- 
shipful Master  reported  tO'  the  Lodge  that  he  had  secured 
a  loan  of  $400  from  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  37,  R.  A.  M., 
due  in  one,  two,  three  and  four  years,  with  interest  at  the 
rate  of  ten  per  cent.,  and  executed  the  notes  of  the  Lodge 
as  security  therefor.  At  this  same  communication,  brothers 
F.  F.  Crane,  C.  E.  Pettit  and  J.  E.  Rathbun  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  confer  with  the  other  Masonic  bodies  and 
with  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10,  who  contemplated  oc- 
cupying the  new  hall,  for  the  purpose  of  apportioning  the 
rent  to  be  paid  by  them  for  its  use  and  occupancy,  and  report 
this  action  to  the  Lodge  for  confirmation.  Upon  the  ap- 
proval by  the  Lodge  of  said  committee's  action,  the  three 
principal  officers  were  ordered  to  execute  leases  to  the  sev- 
eral bodies  so  occupying  the  hall,  for  the  same  time  and 
upon  the  same  conditions  as  the  lease  from  Colwell,  Clark 


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&  Co.  A  committee  was  also  appointed  at  this  communica- 
tion, consisting  of  brothers  Jas.  E.  Rathbun,  C.  C.  Glover, 
B.  S.  Porter,  Solomon  Degen  and  Fred  F.  Crane,  to  make 
arrangements  for  a  social  entertainment,  to  be  held  at  some 
future  time  in  the  new  lodge  room,  at  the  discretion  of  said 
committee. 

Occidental  Lodge  moved  into  the  new  temple  during  the 
winter  of  i875-'6,  and  continued  making  it  their  home  until 
1892,  when,  owing  to  their  inability  to  make  a  satisfactory 
renewal  of  lease  with  F.  A.  Sherwood,  who  had  purchased 
the  property  from  Colwell,  Clark  &  Co.,  secured  a  lease 
from  King  &  Hamilton  for  their  present  home,  which  they 
moved  into  in  1892. 

The  Masonic  bodies  purchased  the  Columbus  street 
school  property  from  the  Board  of  Education  in  1906,  the 
title  running  to  brother  Wm.  D.  Fullerton,  in  trust,  on 
which  they  hope  to  be  able  to  erect  a  Masonic  temple  in 
the  near  future. 


CHAPTER  II. 


TO  THE  LIVING  AND  THE  DEAD. 

Let  us  drink  together  fellows,  as  we  did  in  days  of  yore, 
And  still  enjoy  the  golden  hours  that  fortune  has  in  store. 
The  absent  friends  remembered  be,  in  all  that's  sung  or  said, 
And  love  immortal  consecrate  the  memory  of  the  dead. 

Fill  every  goblet  to  the  brim — let  every  heart  be  filled 
With  kindly  recollections,  and  all  bitter  ones  be  stilled. 
Come  round  me,  dear  old  fellows,  and  in  chorus  as  we  sing, 
Life's  autumn  days  shall  be  as  glad  as  were  its  days  of  spring. 

Drink,  brothers,  to  the  absent  who  are  living,  first  of  all, 
While  each  familiar  name  and  face  we  lovingly  recall; 
The  generous  and  brave  and  good;  the  kind  and  frank  and  true. 
Who  knew  not  how  false  word  to  speak  or  what  was  base  to  do. 

We  see  the  faces  of  the  dead,  they  hover  in  the  air. 
And  looking  on  us  lovingly,  our  mirth  they  seem  to  share. 
O  dearly  loved,  though  ye  have  gone  to  other  stars  or  spheres, 
We  still  have  for  you  thoughts  of  love  and  consecrated  tears. 

Pour  a  libation  rich  with  love  upon  the  graves  that  hold 
The  ashes  of  the  gallant  hearts  that  lon^  ago  grew  cold; 
And  swear  that  never  party  feuds  or  civil  war  shall  break 
Our  bonds  of  love,  and  enemies  of  friends  and  comrades  make. 

The  dead  are  with  us  always;  friends,  let  us  their  teachings  heed. 
"Forgive  thy  brother,  if  he  err,"  they  eloquently  plead; 
"Let  bygones  be  bygones,"  they  cry,  "let  the  old  love  revive. 
And  on  the  altars  of  your  heart  keep  friendship's  fire  alive." 

It  is  better  far  to  love  than  hate,  for  nations  as  for  me. 
Let  us  hope  the  old  good  humor  soon  will  bless  the  land  again, 
But  if  the  politicians  still  should  wrangle,  scold  and  fight. 
Their  quarrels  shall  not  break  the  ties  that  we  re-knit  to  night. 

Our  av.tumn  days  of  life  have  come,  the  frosts  begin  to  fall, 
Beyond  the  dark,  deep  river,  hark!   we  hear  old  comrades  call. 
To  the  dead  and  living,  whom  each  loves,  let  each  his  goblet  fill, 
And  the  memory  of  the  dead  shall  make  the  living  dearer  still. 

ALBERT    PIKE. 

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Col.  D.  F.  Hitt.  He  was  a  physician  and  a 
zealous  Mason,  and  was  the  first  among  the 
brethren  to  suggest  the  organization  of  a  Ma- 
sonic Lodge  in  Ottawa,  and  was  the  chief 
factor  in  obtaining  a  dispensation  from  Grand 
Master  Breckenridge  of  Kentucky  in  1839. 
and  was  elected  the  first  Secretary.  He  died 
December  3,  1840.  Col.  Hitt  said  he  was  a 
noble  and  generous  man. 

David  Wells.  Proprietor  of  Mansion  house,  in  partnership 
with  the  firm  O'f  Wells  &  Fulton.  It  was  in 
this  historic  hostelry  that  Ottawa  Lodge  held 
their  meetings.  Was  Treasurer  of  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky, 
in  1840.  Moved  to  Galena,  Illinois,  and  af- 
filiated with  Far  West  Lodge,  No.  29,  June 
18,  1842. 

Lucius  Woodruff.  No  authentic  records,  but  is  supposed 
to  have  been  the  father  of  Alson  Woodruff, 
and  came  here  from  New  York  in  1834.  He 
was  Senior  Deacon  of  Ottawa  Lodge  in  1839- 
'40,  and  died  August  29,  1840. 

Henry  J.  Reid  came  from  Pennsylvania  in  1834.  Was  a 
carpenter  by  trade.  Stepfather  of  the  late 
George  Hayward.  Rode  on  horseback  from 
Ottawa,  111.,  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  to  session  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky  in  August, 
1840,  and  brought  the  charter  of  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  1 14,  back  with  him.  Was  Jun- 
ior Deacon  in  i839-'40.  Died  about  1892. 
Was  Second  Lieutenant  in  Dickey's  company 
during  war  with  Mexico. 

William  K.  Brown  kept  hotel  near  the  acqueduct  at  time 
of  building.  Was  known  as  "Billy-K.- 
Brown."  Was  Steward  and  Tyler  in  1840. 
Affiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
and  was  Tyler  of  No.  40  in  1848  and  1849. 

Luther  Woodward.    Came  from  Taunton,  Mass.,  and  set- 


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tied  in  Deer  Park  township  in  1836.  Built 
a  dam  and  saw-mill  on  the  Vermillion  river. 
Was  justice  of  the  peace  several  years. 
Went  to  California  in  1850;  returned  in  1853 
to  Deer  Park,  and  died  in  1857.  He  demit- 
ted  from  Ottawa  Lodge  at  the  organization 
of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13,  at  Vermillion- 
ville,  and  was  Master  of  St.  John's  Lodge  in 
1841,  1842  and  1845. 

Thomas  Russell.  Could  only  learn  that  brother  Russell 
(a  merchant)  lived  in  South  Ottawa.  No 
record  of  his  membership  since   1841. 

Jabez  Fitch  came  from  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  in  1835,  and  lo- 
cated in  South  Ottawa.  He  was  a  merchant, 
and  County  Treasurer  of  La  Salle  county 
from  1839  to  1846.  He  moved  to  New 
York,  where  he  died. 

Seth  B.  Farwell  came  from  New  York  to  Ohio,  thence  to 
Ottawa  in  1835.  Lawyer.  Was  State's  At- 
torney for  La  Salle  county  in  1838.  Went 
to  Sacramento,  Cal.,  where  he  was  elected 
judge.     Died  on  the  plains. 

Charles  G.  Miller  came  to  Ottawa  in  1836  from  Cum- 
berland county.  Pa.  Was  justice  of  the  peace 
in  Ottawa  several  years.  Lived  on  west  side, 
near  Catholic  church.  Affiliated  with  Occi- 
dental Lodge,  No.  40,  in  1846. 

Jonathan  Stadden,  son  of  Wm.  Stadden,  Dayton.  Mil- 
ler. 

John  R.  Hall.  No  record  showing  him  a  member  of  Ot- 
tawa Lodge  since  1840.  He  was  named  in 
petition  for  dispensation  for  JMaster  of  Ot- 
tawa Lodge,  but  records  from  Grand  Lodge 
of  Kentucky  show  H.  D.  Gorbett  named  as 
such  in  the  dispensation  granted  December 
19,  1839,  by  George  Breckenridge,  Grand 
Master  of  Kentucky. 


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G.  F.  Weaver,  associated  with  John  Hise  as  editor  Ottawa 
Free  Trader.     Returned  to  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Asa  Holdridge  came  from  New  York  in  1833,  and  settled 
near  Bailey's  Point,  on  the  Vermillion  river, 
in  Eden  township.  Was  a  successful  farmer. 
Demitted  from  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  to 
organize  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13,  at  Ver- 
millionville,  111.  Was  Junior  Deacon  of  St. 
John's  Lodge  in  1842.  Was  Treasurer  in 
1843.  Senior  Warden  in  1844.  Died  in 
1866. 

Wilbur  F.  Walker  came  from  Virginia  to  Ottawa  in 
1825.  Brought  up  the  first  keelboat  on  the 
Illinois  river.  Son  of  Dr.  David  Walker  and 
brother  oi  George  E.  Walker,  first  Sheriff  of 
La  Salle  county,  and  of  David  Walker  of  Oc- 
cidental Lodge.  W.  F.  Walker  never  affil- 
iated with  Occidental  Lodge.  He  resided  in 
Ottawa  until  1857,  when  he  moved  to  Union 
county,  111.  Wilbur  F.  Walker  was  an  Indian 
trader,  and  kept  a  general  store  on  what  was 
known  at  that  time  as  Water  street. 

Champlin  R.  Potter  came  from  New  York  to  Eden  town- 
ship in  1834.  He  was  a  farmer  and  surveyor. 
Held  ofifice  of  justice  of  the  peace  several 
years,  and  was  member  of  the  Legislature  in 
1853.     He  died  September  27,  i860. 

Benjamin  Thompson  came  from  Massachusetts  in  1834. 
Merchant  and  partner  of  W.  H.  W.  Gush- 
man.    Died  in  Massachusetts  in  1846. 

William  L.  Dunavan  came  from  Licking  county,  Ohio,  in 
1830.  Settled  in  Rutland  township  in  1831. 
Affiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge  in  1848. 

Reuben  Miller,  brother  of  Charles  Miller,  and  of  "Uncle" 
John  Miller,  of  Freedom  township.  Came 
from  Cumberland  county,  Pa.,  to  Dayton 
township  in  1834.    Moved  to  Salt  Lake  in  an 


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early  clay,  and  became  an  elder  in  the  Mor- 
mon church. 

T.  Bole.     No  record  since  1840. 

Gilbert  L.  Thompson  became  charter  member  of  Occiden- 
tal Lodge  (see  record  of  Occidental  Lodge). 

William  Stadden  came  from  Lucas  county,  Ohio,  to  Day- 
ton in  May,  1830.  Built  a  flouring  mill  in 
183 1.  Was  Sheriff  of  La  Salle  county  1834 
and  1835.  State  Senator  1839-1840-1841. 
He  was  a  prominent  and  useful  citizen.  He 
died  in  1848.  His  son,  Richard  Stadden, 
was  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40. 

James  Clark  came  from  England  to  Ohio  and  thence  to 
Utica  in  1833.  Contractor  on  Illinois  and 
Michigan  canal,  and  was  the  pioneer  manu- 
facturer of  hydraulic  lime  from  the  Trenton 
limestone,  and  greatly  enriched  himself.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Legislature  in  1871. 
He  never  affiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge. 
Assisted  in  organizing  Cement  Lodge,  at 
Utica,  in  1859,  and  became  a  member  thereof. 

J.  Cooper.  No  record  other  than  his  membership  in  Ot- 
tawa Lodge.  There  are  strong  probabilities 
that  this  is  Jesse  Cooper,  who'  at  one  time 
was  Secretary  of  Western  Star  Lodge,  or- 
ganized at  Kaskaskia,  111.,  in  1805,  ^^^^  came 
to  this  part  of  Illinois  with  Warren  Brown, 
who  was  also  a  member  of  Western  Star 
Lodge,  and  in  1841  was  charter  member  of 
St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13,  organized  at  Ver- 
million ville,  1 84 1.  He  was  raised  in  Western 
Star  Lodge  June  6,  18 18.  Demitted  March 
6,  1819. 

James  Armour.  Confectionery  and  bakery.  Affiliated  with 
Far  West  Lodge,  No.  29,  at  Galena,  111.,  in 
1844,  and  was  one  of  the  Deacons  in  1848. 
Demitted  and  affiliated  with  Acacia  Lodge, 


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No.  (ij,  La  Salle,  in  the  50s.  He  was  a 
brother  of  John  Armour,  a  prominent  grain 
merchant  in  Ottawa  during  the  50s  and  60s, 
and  father  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Ryburn. 

Alson  Woodruff  came  from  Onondago  county.  New 
York,  in  1834.  County  Commissioner  in 
1840.  Sheriff  in  1836  and  1837.  Affiliated 
with  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40. 

Abram  R.  Dodge,  lawyer.  Boarded  at  Fox  River  house. 
No  record  since  record  of  Ottawa  Lodge. 
Was  member  of  the  Legislature  in  i840-'4i. 

Aaron  Daniels  received  F.  C.  degree  in  Ottawa  Lodge. 
Went  to  California  in  1849;  returned  and 
received  M.  M.  degree  in  Occidental  Lodge, 

No.  40. 

Walter  Lamb.     No  record  since  1841. 

John  J.  Hill.  No  record  except  received  the  E.  A.  degree 
in  1840,  and  was  on  the  roll  as  such  in  1841. 

L.  W.  LiSKE.  No'  record  except  received  the  E.  A.  degree 
in  1840. 

Thomas  W.  Hennessee  came  from  Ireland  to  La  Salle  in 
1837.  Was  a  practicing  physician  in  La 
Salle  for  twenty  years.  Then  moved  to  a 
farm  in  Dimmick  township.  Was  initiated 
in  Ottawa  Lodge  in  1840  and  raised  in  St. 
John's  latter  part  of  184 1.  Treasurer  of  St. 
John's  Lodge  in  1842.  Junior  Deacon  1844- 
'45. 

George  H.  Norris.  Worshipful  Master  in  1841.  (See 
record  in  Occidental  Lodge  with  which  he  af- 
filiated.) 

Lorenzo  P.  Sanger  came  from  Ohio'  tO'  Ottawa  in  1838. 
Member  of  David  Sanger  &  Sons,  who  had 
contract  and  built  the  aqueduct  across  Fox 
river  for  Illinois  and  Michigan  canal.  Was 
Senior  Warden  Ottawa  Lodge  in  1841.  No 
record  since. 


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Marshall  Miller.  Shoemaker.  Treasurer  of  Ottawa 
Lodge  in  1841.  Affiliated  with  Occidental 
Lodge. 

James  W.  Roberts.  Senior  Deacon  in  1841.  No  other 
record.  Civil  engineer  at  building  of  Illinois 
and  Michigan  canal. 

Thomas  A.  Henry.     Carpenter.     Tyler  1841. 

Patrick  M.  Kilduff  came  from  Harper's  Ferry,  Va.,  to 
Peru,  111.,  in  1838.  Was  mayor  of  Peru,  111., 
in  1838.  Was  mayor  of  Peru,  magistrate  and 
County  Commissioner  in  1849.  Affiliated 
with  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13.  (His  widow 
died  February,  1907.) 

Z.  H.  Baxter.     No  record  since  1841. 

Samuel  Rodeker.     No  record  since  1841. 

Adam  Lamb.     No  record  since  1841. 

Herman  Whitehead.  Affiliated  with  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  13,  in  1842,  and  on  December  15th 
was  elected  Senior  Warden,  and  the  year  fol- 
lowing elected  Treasurer  of  St.  John's 
Lodge.     He  died  in  1849. 

Christian  H.  Charles,  and  wife,  Juliet  Mann,  came  from 
Tioga  county,  Pa.,  tO'  Peru,  111.,  in  1837. 
Was  a  merchant  in  partnership  with  John 
Hoffman,  brother-in-law  and  father  of  Asa 
Mann  Hoffman,  whO'  was  Secretary  of  Occi- 
dental Lodge  several  years.  Brother  Charles 
was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Washington  Bushnell, 
one  of  Ottawa's  most  estimable  ladies,  now 
residing  on  the  east  side.  He  died  July  20, 
1840. 

William  Chumasero  came  from  New  York  to  Peru,  111., 
in  1838.  A  lawyer  of  fine  ability.  Initiated 
in  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  in  1841.  Raised 
in  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13,  at  Peru,  111., 
April  29,  1847,  s"d  on  June  13,  1847,  was 
elected  Junior  Warden. 


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John  H.  McFarren  (or  McFarrand)  came  from  Tioga 
county,  New  York,  to  La  Salle  in  1837.  Rail- 
road contractor.  Was  contractor  on  Illinois 
and  Michigan  canal  and  on  the  Illinois  Cen- 
tral railroad.  Was  postmaster  several  years ; 
also  member  board  of  supervisors.  No  Ma- 
sonic record  since  1841. 


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THE  GOLDEN  WEDDING. 

O  Love,  whose  patient  pilgrim  feet 

Life's  longest  path  have  trod, 
Whose  ministry  hath  symboled  sweet 

The  dearer  love  of  God; 
The  sacred  myrtle  wreaths  again 

Thine  altar  as  of  old 
And  what  was  green  with  summer  then 

Is  mellowed  now  to  gold. 

Not  now  as  then  the  future's  face 

Is  flushed  with  fancy's  light, 
But  memory,  with  a  milder  grace. 

Shall  rule  the  feast  to-night. 
Blest  was  the  sun  of  joy  that  shone, 

Nor  less  the  blinding  shower. 
The  bud  of  fifty  years  agone 

Is  love's  perfected  flower. 

O  memory!     Ope  the  mystic  door! 

O  dream  of  youth  return! 
And  let  the  light  that  gleamed  of  yore 

Beside  this  altar  burn. 
The  Past  is  plain;    'twas   love   designed 

E'en  sorrow's  iron  chain; 
And  mercy's  shining  thread  has  twined 

With  the  dark  warp  of  pain. 

So  be  it  still!     O  thou  who  hast 

That  younger  bridal  blest 
Till  the  May  morn  of  love  has  passed 

To  evening's  golden  rest. 
Come  to  this  later  Cana,  Lord, 

And  at  thy  touch  divine. 
The  water  of  that  earlier  board 

To-night  shall  turn  to  wine. 

DAVID  GRAY. 


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George  H.  Norris  came  to  Ottawa  in  1835.  Owned  ferry 
on  Illinois  river.  County  Surveyor  ten  years. 
Justice  of  the  peace.  Admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1839.  Established  the  bank  of  Ottawa,  now 
the  First  National  bank.  Helped  to  build  the 
Ottawa  starch  factory.  Moved  to  Colorado, 
thence  to  Florida.  Was  Worshipful  Master 
of  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of 
Kentucky.  Charter  member  and  first  Wor- 
shipful Master  of  Occidental  Lodge,  U.  D., 
1845.     Demitted  1859. 

Rev.  Charles  V.  Kelley.  Episcopalian  minister.  Was 
member  of  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand 
Lodge  of  Kentucky.  Was  charter  member 
of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  and  Senior 
Warden  and  Chaplain  1845.  Demitted  in 
1859. 

Alson  Woodruff  came  from  New  York  in  1834.  Was 
County  Commissioner  in  1840.  Sherifif  in 
i836-'37.  Member  of  Ottawa  Lodge,  No. 
114,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky.  Charter 
member  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  and 
Junior  Warden  while  Lodge  worked  under 
dispensation  in  1845.    Died  in  1856. 

Gilbert  L.  Thompson  came  to  Ottawa  in  1840.  Kept  a 
drug  store  a  number  of  years.  Was  member 
of  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of 
Kentucky.  Was  charter  member  of  Occiden- 
tal Lodge,  No.  40,  and  at  an  election  of  of- 
ficers held  June  23,  1846,  was  elected  Senior 
Warden.  Was  Worshipful  Master  in  1847. 
He  died  October  26,  1895,  and  was  buried  by 
Occidental  Lodge,  according  to^  his  wish. 
He  was  held  in  high  esteem  as  a  citizen  and 
a  Mason. 


130  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Marshall  Miller  was  a  shoemaker.  Member  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky. 
Charter  member  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
and  Senior  Deacon  in  1846.  Expelled  June 
21,  1867,  for  disobedience  of  summons  to 
pay  dues. 

Joseph  Avery  was  a  carpenter.  Member  of  Ottawa  Lodge, 
No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky.  Char- 
ter member  Occidental  Lodge.  Junior  War- 
den in  1846.     Demitted  in  1850. 

William  K.  Brown.  Hotel-keeper.  Member  of  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky. 
Was  charter  member  of  Occidental  Lodge. 
Was  Tyler  Occidental  Lodge  in  i848-'49. 
Died  August  16,  1850.  Is  buried  in  Ottawa 
avenue  cemetery,  and  his  marble  tombstone 
has  square  and  compass  engraved  on  it. 

Milton  H.  Swift  came  to  Ottawa  in  1838.  Lawyer  and 
financier.  President  First  National  bank  sev- 
eral years.  Raised  in  Occidental  Lodge  De- 
cember II,  1845.  Secretary  in  1846.  Died 
May  14,  1886. 

John  Dean  Caton  came  to  Ottawa  in  1842.  Was  among 
the  first  lawyers  in  Chicago.  Circuit  Judge 
of  circuit  embracing  La  Salle  county,  and, 
subsequently,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Illinois.  Accumulated  a  fortune. 
Raised  in  Occidental  Lodge  December  11, 
1845.  ^Vas  installed  Worshipful  Master  of 
Occidental  Lodge  October  10,  1846,  the  day 
Occidental  Lodge  was  constituted ;  also  Wor- 
shipful Master  in  185 1  and  1852.  He  con- 
tinued his  membership  until  July  20,  1895, 
when  he  died  in  Chicago,  and  is  buried  in 
Ottawa  avenue  cemetery. 

Lorenzo  Leland  came  to  Ottawa  July,  1835.  Lawyer. 
Clerk  Circuit  Court  i842-'49.  and  vSupreme 
Court  i848-'67.     Raised  in  Occidental  Lodge 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I3I 

January  2,  1846.  Elected  Treasurer  June 
23,  1848;  also  Treasurer  i847-'48.  Died 
August  26,  1 88 1. 

Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey  came  to  Ottawa  in  1839.  Law- 
yer. Elected  Judge  Circuit  Court  1842 ;  also 
Judge  Supreme  Court  1875.  Captain  in  Mex- 
ican war.  Colonel  Fourth  Illinois  cavalry 
during  Rebellion,  and  chief  of  cavalry  on  Gen. 
Grant's  staff.  Raised  in  Occidental  Lodge 
January  17,  1848.  Was  Steward  in  1853. 
Demitted  1855,  when  he  moved  to  Chicago, 
where  he  had  opened  a  law  office  in  1854,  to 
enable  him  to  pay  off  his  old  debts  contracted 
during  the  financial  panic  of  1837.  At  the 
expiration  of  twenty-one  years  he  paid  all 
his  debts  with  interest.  Of  him,  the  Hon. 
Leonard  Swett  said  before  the  U.  S.  Circuit 
Court,  Northern  District  of  Illinois :  "J^'dge 
Dickey  and  his  sons  and  sons-in-law  have 
rendered  marked  services  to  their  country, 
and  deserve  a  monument  more  enduring  than 
brass."  *  *  *  "In  all  that  adorns  a  man, 
Judge  Dickey  was  as  bright  as  a  new  blade. 
He  was  quick  and  bright  in  his  standard  of 
honor.  His  professional  and  judicial  char- 
acter was  pure,  and  was  never  even  sullied 
by  suspicion  or  accusation." 

Joseph  Otis  Glover  came  to  Ottawa  in  1835.  Lawyer. 
United  States  District  Attorney  1869.  Ex- 
mayor  of  Ottawa.  Raised  January  17,  1846. 
Elected  Secretary  June  2;^,  1846.  Demitted 
July  5,  1877. 

Maurice  Murphy.  Nursery.  Raised  in  Joliet  Lodge, 
No.  10,  May  20,  1841,  while  working  U.  D. 
Was  one  of  the  brethren  to  whom  the  Grand 
Master  granted  a  dispensation  to  form  and 
open  Occidental  Lodge,  U.  D.,  and  was 
named  as  Senior  Warden,  but  no  further  rec- 
ord of  his  membership  can  be  found,  and  tlie 


132  THE  WHITE  APRON, 

returns  of  Occidental  Lodge,  U.  D.,   1846, 
show  Rev.  Chas.  V.  Kelley  Senior  Warden. 

Burton  C.  Cook  came  to  Ottawa  in  1835.  Lawyer.  State's 
Attorney  1846- 1850.  State  Senator  1852 
and  1856.  Member  of  Peace  Conference  in 
1 86 1  at  Washington.  Elected  to  Congress 
1864,  1866,  1868  and  1870.  Raised  in  Occi- 
dental Lodge  February  24,  1846.  Senior 
Deacon  1846.  Junior  Warden  1847,  Senior 
Warden  1848.  Worshipful  Master  1858.  De- 
mitted  April  21,  1873. 

William  Osman  came  to  Ottawa  from  Dauphin  county, 
Pa.,  where  he  was  born  June  18,  1820.  Vet- 
eran Mexican  war.  Editor  Ottawa  Free 
Trader  since  1840.  Is  now  the  oldest  editor 
in  the  United  States,  as  well  as  the  oldest 
living  member  of  Occidental  Lodge,  having 
been  raised  June  13,  1846,  and  continued  his 
membership  to  the  present  time,  1906.  A 
member  sixty  years.  Secretary  i848-'49.  He 
was  clerk  of  Illinois  House  of  Representa- 
tives i85i-'56.  Postmaster  i856-'58  and 
i886-'90.  And  now,  nearly  90  years  of  age, 
continues  to  write  editorials  for  his  paper,  and 
attends  divine  services  at  the  Episcopal 
church,  of  which  he  has  long  been  a  member 
and  warden  over  forty  years,  every  Sunday 
morning. 

James  Lafferty.  Carpenter.  Made  a  Mason  in  Pittsburg, 
Pa.  Affiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge  in 
1846,  and  was  appointed  Tyler  August  21, 
1846.  Was  Junior  Warden  i847-'48.  De- 
mitted  in  1850.  Affiliated  with  Humboldt 
Lodge,  No.  555,  in  the  80s.  Died  May  25, 
1900. 

Jacob  B.  Rich.  Tinsmith  for  John  Manley.  Affiliated 
1846.  Died  at  sunrise  October  23,  1849. 
Buried  with  Masonic  honors  in  Ottawa  av- 
enue cemetery. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 33 

Thomas  Tracy  lived  in  South  Ottawa.  Farmer.  Came 
there  in  183 1.  AffiHated  in  1846.  Demitted 
in  1853,  and  removed  to  Michigan,  where  he 
died. 

John  Palmer.  Millwright.  Affiliated  1846.  Died  July 
22,  1852.    Buried  in  Ottawa  avenue  cemetery. 

Daniel  Lyons.  Reported  as  member  in  1846,  but  no  fur- 
ther record  can  be  found. 

Shelby  Doolittle,  Lawyer.  Raised  November  30,  1846. 
Died  at  Princeton,  111.,  January  9,  1848. 

William  Reddick.  Merchant,  capitalist  and  politician. 
Came  from  Fayette  county,  Pennsylvania, 
1835.  Settled  on  the  Vermillion  river. 
Sheriff  La  Salle  county  in  1838.  Was  also 
State  Senator  several  terms.  Raised  Novem- 
ber 30,  1846.  Demitted  February  2,  1871. 
Father  of  the  Reddick  liquor  law.  Bequeath- 
ed to  the  city  of  Ottawa  his  homestead,  valued 
at  $60,000,  and  a  fund  of  $125,000  for  a 
public  library  (Reddick's  library)  ;  also  to  La 
Salle  county  one  hundred  acres  of  fine  land 
adjoining  the  county  asylum. 

Daniel  F.  Newton.  Hardware  merchant.  Affiliated 
1846.    Demitted  1859.     Moved  to  Ohio. 

Edward  Bacon.  Affiliated  in  1846  while  Lodge  was  work- 
ing U.  D.    No  further  record. 

David  Walker.  Came  to  Ottawa  in  1826  with  his  father, 
Dr.  D^vid  Walker.  Druggist.  Was  mayor 
of  Ottawa  and  president  Board  of  Education. 
Member  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand 
Lodge  of  Kentucky.  Affiliated  in  1846.  De- 
mitted January  16,  1865. 

William  Henry  Lamb  Wallace.  Son  of  John  Wallace, 
of  Deer  Park.  Lawyer.  State's  Attorney 
i852-'57.  Served  in  Mexican  war.  Colonel 
Eleventh  Illinois  infantry,  and  Brigadier  Geri- 
eral   at    Pittsburg   Landing,    where   he  was 


134  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

killed,  April  lo,  1862.     Raised  1846.     Wor- 
shipful Master   1848- 1849.      (See  obituary.) 

Mathew  Diamond.  Affiliated  1846.  Demitted  same  year, 
and  affiliated  with  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13, 
Peru,  111. 

H.  W.  Hopkins.  Physician.  Raised  1847.  Junior  War- 
den 1848.     Demitted  1855. 

William  Baldwin.  Merchant  at  Rockwell.  Came  to 
Farm  Ridge  in  1837.  Affiliated  with  Occi- 
dental Lodge  in  1847.     No  further  record. 

William  Richardson  came  from  New  York  in  1837.  Kept 
hotel  in  Peru  several  years,  then  bought  a 
farm  in  South  Ottawa.  Dealt  largely  in  cat- 
tle. Affiliated  in  1847.  Suspended  N.  P.  D. 
185 1.  Was  father  of  Wm.  Capron  Richard- 
son, grain  merchant  in  50s  and  60s. 

William  Palmer  came  to  Ottawa  in  1836.  Wagonmaker, 
Raised    1847.     Demitted   February,    1877, 

Madison  E.  Hollister  came  to  Ottawa  in  1836.  Lawyer. 
Circuit  Judge.  Postmaster  under  President 
Van  Buren.  Consul  Buenos  Ay  res  1866. 
Chief  Justice  Supreme  Court  Idaho  Territory 
187 1 -1877.  Raised  April  6,  1847.  Demitted 
March  6,  1876. 

A.  Keefer.  Hotel-keeper  at  Norway.  Affiliated  in  1847. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  185 1.  Went  to  Califor- 
nia, via  Isthmus  of  Panama,  in  1849. 

Extract  from  letter  to  Mr.  Phelps,  of  Ottawa, 
from  A.  Keefer :  Panama,  December  7,  1849. 
Dear  Sir :  I  met  Mr.  Qark,  of  Chicago,  to-day, 
and  as  he  will  pass  through  Ottawa,  I  seize  the 
opportunity  to  drop  you  a  few  lines.  I  arrived 
here  about  the  first  of  last  month,  and  found  about 
1,200  persons  here,  waiting  passage  through  to 
San  Francisco.  The  fare  is  very  high.  Cabin  pas- 
sage on  board  the  steamers  is  utterly  out  of  the 
question,  while  steerage  passage  tickets  sell  as  high 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 35 

as  $600.00,  and  they  are  paying  $300.00  passage 
on  sail  vessels.  *  *  *  j  would  advise  all  who 
think  of  going  to  California  to  stay  at  home.  If 
they  could  see  the  misery  I  have  seen  they  would 
not  think  of  going.     *     *     *     yiy  respects  to  all. 

A.  Keeper. 

Again,  December  3,  1849,  he  writes:  Dear 
Sir :  I  have  purchased  a  ticket  for  a  passage  on 
the  Unicorn,  which  leaves  for  San  Francisco  on 
the  15th  of  January.  I  paid  $350.00  for  my  ticket, 
which  is  fifty  dollars  less  than  I  have  heard  of  them 
being  sold  since  I  left  the  Isthmus.  I  will  get  to 
San  Francisco  on  the  loth  of  February.  *  *  * 
With  respects  to  all,  etc.  A,  Keeper. 

Thomas  L.  Boughton.  Merchant.  Initiated  in  1847. 
Died  May  31,  1850.  Buried  in  Ottawa  av- 
enue cemetery. 

John  S.  Dillon.  Raised  November  5,  1847.  Connected 
with  building  of  Illinois  and  Michigan  canal. 
No  further  record. 

George  W.  Hyde.  Civil  war  veteran.  Raised  November 
5,  1847.    Demitted  185 1. 

Benjamin  Beach  Fellows.  Civil  war  veteran.  Came  to 
Mission  township  in  1835.  Elected  County 
Treasurer  1851.  Moved  to  Ottawa.  Raised 
August  7,  1848.  Killed  by  railroad  train 
March  3,  1893. 

John  M.  Quimby.  Merchant.  Raised  October  15,  1849. 
Tyler  1851.  Worshipful  Master  1853.  De- 
mitted 1859. 

A.  Delano.  Affiliated  1848.  Went  to  Sacremento  in  1849. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  185 1. 

From  Sacramento,  California,  A.  Delano  wrote 
a  letter  to  Judge  Caton  March  12,  1850,  in  which 
occurred  the  following  passage :  *  *  *  "Dur- 
ing my  uncertain  absence  I  commend  my  family 
to  the  care  of  my  brethren,  and  I  doubt  not  they 


136  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

will  receive  from  you  such  attention  as  your  kind- 
ness of  heart  will  prompt  you  to  bestow.  *  *  * 
Fraternally  yours,  A.  Delano.'" 

F.  Mandelbaum.  Merchant.  Affiliated  1848.  Junior 
Warden  i849-'5o.  Demitted  1852,  and 
moved  to  California. 

Nelson  Knickerbocker.  Proprietor  country  tavern  on 
Chicago  road.  Raised  April  2,  1849.  No  fur- 
ther record. 

N.  P.  Heath.  Affiliated  1849.  Senior  Deacon  1850.  De- 
mitted 1859. 

Henry  Beach.  Merchant.  Affiliated  1849.  Secretary 
1850.     Demitted  185 1. 

Philo  Lindley.  Clerk  of  Circuit  Court  1849  ^^  1856,  in- 
clusive. Raised  December  23,  1850.  Secre- 
tary 185 1.  Worshipful  Master  1856.  Killed 
near  Altoona,  Ga.,  June  24,  1864,  Was 
Quartermaster  of  Fifty-third  Illinois  regi- 
ment at  time  of  his  death. 

George  S.  Fisher.  Banker.  Initiated  185 1.  No  further 
record. 

Arthur  Lockwood.  Dry  goods  merchant  and  justice  of  the 
peace.  Raised  185 1.  Died  November  18, 
1896. 

Edward  C.  Henshaw.  Retired.  Captain  Henshaw's  bat- 
tery during  Civil  war.  Raised  185 1.  Demit- 
ted 1852. 

William  L.  Gibson.  Furniture,  drugs  and  grain.  In 
Mexican  war.  Colonel  Fifty-third  Illinois 
during  Civil  war.  Raised  185 1.  Senior 
Warden  1861.    Demitted  October  i,  1877. 

William  I.  Moore.  Raised  1851.  Demitted  and  affiliated 
with  Bureau  Lodge,  No.  112,  Princeton,  111., 
February  19,  1853.  Was  farmer  near  Prince- 
ton, 111. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I37 

John  Fiske  Nash.  Born  in  Massachusetts,  December  24, 
1824.  Came  to  Ottawa,  1847.  Admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1849.  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court 
and  Recorder  of  Deeds  from  1855  to  1861. 
Was  clerk  of  the  Senate  of  State  of  Illinois 
1861-1865.  Assisted  in  organizing  the  First 
National  bank  in  1865.  Was  cashier  thirty- 
five  years.  Is  now  retired,  and  passing  his 
declining  years  most  happily  with  his  family 
at  his  beautiful  home  on  Illinois  avenue, 
where  the  social  element  of  his  nature  is  fre- 
quently exemplified  in  entertaining  his  host  of 
friends.  The  oldest  living  Past  Master  of 
Occidental  Lodge.  He  was  raised  185 1.  Sen- 
ior Deacon  1853,  '54,  '55.  Junior  Warden 
1856.  Senior  Warden  1857.  Worshipful 
Master  i863-'64.  Was  Grand  Commander 
Grand  Commandery  Knights  Templar  1877, 
He  has  discharged  every  duty  assigned  him 
with  marked  ability. 

Charles  G.  Miller.  Justice  of  the  peace.  Member  Ot- 
tawa Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of  Ken- 
tucky. Affiliated  18  m.  Demitted  February 
18,  1867. 

A.    N.   TuTTLE.      Merchant.     Affiliated    185 1.      Demitted 

1855- 
H.  M.  Kellogg.    Affiliated  185 1.    Died  1855. 

Daniel  D.  Thompson.  Physician.  Raised  1852.  Died 
May  31,  1877.  Worshipful  Master  Occiden- 
tal Lodge  i86i-'62. 

R.  Eaton  Goodell.  Raised  1852.  Demitted  1855.  Came 
to  La  Salle  county  in  1834  with  his  parents 
and  settled  near  Buffalo  Rock.  Sheriff  185 1- 
'53.  Married  daughter  of  Governor  Matte- 
son  and  moved  to  Springfield. 

LiPMAN  Raugh.  Clothier.  Raised  1852.  Secretary  1855. 
Demitted  May  6,  1867. 


138  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

William  P,  Thomas  (ot  Thompson).  Raised  1852, 
Died  1855. 

A.  VoGLE.  Raised  1852.  No  record  since  1856,  when  his 
name  appeared  among  the  list  of  members. 

J.  J.  FiNLEY.  Marble  cutter.  Raised  1852.  No  record 
since  1853,  when  his  name  appeared  among 
list  of  members. 

David  McIntosh.  Raised  1852.  Demitted  1855.  Clerk 
for  Walker  &  Hickling.  Moved  on  farm  near 
Mud  Creek,  Livingston  county,  Illinois. 

P.  V.  N.  Smith.  Raised  1852.  No  record  since  1853. 
when  his  name  appeared  among  the  list  of 
members. 

William  Masters.  Affiliated  1853.  Tyler  1853.  No 
further  record. 

Alexander  W.  Magill.  Grain  merchant.  Raised  1853. 
Died  July  9,  1867. 

Ira  Potter.  Veterinary  surgeon.  Civil  war  veteran.  Af- 
filiated 1852.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  November 
18,  1867. 

Bradford  C.  Mitchell.  Mexican  war  veteran.  Served 
with  Colonel  Dickey  in  Mexican  war.  Gun- 
smith and  ammunition  store.  A  valued  citi- 
zen, and  father  of  brother  Marshall  B. 
Mitchell.  Raised  1853.  Died  September  18, 
1858,  and  buried  with  Masonic  honors. 

Jared  B.  Ford.  County  Treasurer  i85i-'54.  Raised  1853. 
Died  November  9,  1862. 

Isaac  V.  Waterman.  Insurance  and  real  estate.  Raised 
1853.  Secretary  1853.  Demitted  December 
I,  1863. 

George  Churchill.  Stonemason.  Raised  1853.  Demit- 
ted January  4,  1869. 

Joshua  Whitmore.  Clerk.  Affiliated  1853.  Junior  War- 
den 1854.  Demitted  i860  and  affiliated  with 
Pontiac  Lodge,  No.  294. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 39 

Henry  Moore.  Merchant.  xA.ffiIiated  1853.  Demitted 
1856. 

Isaac  Reed.  Farmer.  Affiliated  1853.  Died  November 
II,  1901. 

David  Robbins  Gregg.  Veteran  Mexican  war.  Musician 
for  Fifty-third  Ilhnois  during  tlie  RebeUion. 
Raised  1854.  Tyler  i854-'56,  and  several 
years  during  the  70s  and  80s.  Died  March 
23.  1895- 

Wm.  C.  Smith.  Lawyer.  Raised  1854.  Junior  Deacon 
1856.     Demitted  i860. 

W.  W.  Cavarly.  Physician.  Son  of  Lyman  D.  Cavarly 
and  son-in-law  of  A.  W.  Cavarly.  Raised 
1854.     Died  1855. 

Avon  Pearson.  Clerk  in  postoffice.  Civil  war  veteran. 
Raised  1854.  Secretary  1858.  Demitted 
October  6,  1865.  Reaffiliated  June  3,  1867. 
Demitted  November  4,  1878. 

Theodore  Hay.  Physician.  Raised  1854.  Died  Septem- 
ber 26,  i860. 

Azro  C.  Putnam.  Physician.  Raised  1854.  Civil  war 
veteran.    Demitted  October  2,  1865. 

Silas  W.  Cheever.  General  store.  Raised  1854.  Demit- 
ted May  16,  1881. 

Reuben  Sherman.  Plasterer.  Raised  1854.  Suspended 
N.  P.  D.  November  18,   1867. 

Robert  Hickling.  Merchant.  Raised  1854.  Demitted 
in  1858,  and  moved  to  Kansas. 

Wesley  B,  Hall.  Engineer.  Civil  war  veteran.  Raised 
1854.  Senior  Deacon  1858.  Demitted  Jan- 
uary 5,  1880. 

John  Stout.  Dry  o-oods  merchant.  Insurance.  Affiliated 
1854.  Demitted  October  19,  1874.  Reaffil- 
iated  May  16,  1892. 

Oliver   Cromwell   Gray.      Lawyer.      Veteran    Mexican 


I40  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

war.  Affiliated  1854.  Worshipful  Master 
1854.  Died  July  31,  1 87 1.  Was  a  prominent 
lawyer  and  brilliant  man. 

John  Morrill.  Farmer.  Veteran  Mexican  war.  Colonel 
Sixty-fourth  Illinois,  Civil  war.  Brevet  Brig- 
adier General.  Raised  1854.  Demitted  Jan- 
uary 5,  1880. 

Thomas  Jefferson  Wade.     Hotel  proprietor.     Affiliated 

1854.  Worshipful  Master  1855,  1857  and 
1859.  Was  Grand  Lecturer  for  several  years. 
Died  September  6,  1886. 

MosES  R.  Brown.  Grain  merchant.  Raised  1854.  De- 
mitted October  i,  1866. 

Daniel  C.  Stone.    Physician.    Affiliated  1854.    Demitted 

1855.  Reaffiliated  1857.  Demitted  April  6, 
1868. 

Richard  Stadden.  Attorney.  Affiliated  1854.  Demitted 
1859. 

Henry  P.  Brunker.  Gunsmith.  Civil  war  veteran.  Rais- 
ed 1854.     Died  February  20,  1872. 

Chauncey  U.  Wade.  Livery  stable.  Affiliated  1854.  Died 
February  15,  1863. 

William  Fry.  Cabinet-maker.  Raised  1854.  No  record 
since  1858,  when  his  name  appeared  among 
list  of  members, 

Frank  C.  Flory.  Meat  market.  Affiliated  1854.  Died 
1863. 

S.  F.  Denning.  Minister.  Raised  1854.  Chaplain  1855. 
Demitted  1857. 

John  D.  Morgan.  Dry  goods  merchant.  Affiliated  1854. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  1873. 

Francis  Warner.  Sheriff  La  Salle  county  i854-'55,  1858- 
'59.  Raised  1854.  Demitted  April  19,  1875. 
Moved  to  Chicago. 

Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt.     Came  to  Ottawa  1830.     Civil 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I4I 

engineer.  In  Blackhawk  and  Mexican  wars. 
Colonel  Fifty-third  Illinois  during  Rebellion. 
Became  a  member  of  Far  West  Lodge,  No. 
29,  Galena,  111.,  July  31,  1841.  Affiliated  Oc- 
cidental Lodge  1854.  Demitted  1857,  and 
assisted  in  organizing  Cement  Lodge,  at  Uti- 
ca,  1859.  Reaffiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge 
January  7,  1884.  Died  May  11,  1899.  A 
brave,  noble  and  generous  man. 

Richard  Thorne.  Sheriff  i853-'54.  Received  E.  A.  de- 
gree 1855.     No  further  record. 

Eli  Plumb  was  initiated  1854.    No  further  record. 

Charles  Turk.    Farmer.     Raised  1855.     Died  1863. 

Aaron  Daniels.  Came  from  Ohio  in  1831.  Farmer  Rut- 
land township.  Received  Fellow  Craft  de- 
gree in  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge 
of  Kentucky.  Raised  Occidental  Lodge  1855. 
Demitted  same  year.    Moved  to  Kansas. 

R.  W.  Batcheller.  Farmer.  Raised  1855.  Demitted 
1856.  Reaffiliated  June  6,  1865.  Demitted 
October  16,  1865. 

William  P.  Gregg.  Civil  war  veteran.  Printer.  Raised 
1855.    Demitted  June  6,  1870. 

Edward  L.  Herrick.  Quartermaster  One  Hundred  Fourth 
Illinois  in  Civil  war.  Deputy  County  Clerk. 
Raised  1855.  Treasurer  i856-'57.  Senior 
Warden  1862.    Died  April  11,  1876. 

James  Hatheway.  Proprietor  Geiger  house.  Raised 
1855.    Demitted  1857. 

Henry  G.  Cotton,  Sr.  Probate  Judge  1847.  Probate  and 
County  Judge  to  November,  1856.  Raised 
1855.    Died  November  1856. 

Joseph  Ware.  Storekeeper.  Raised  1855.  Demitted 
1856. 

Casper  Meyer.  Brewer.  Record  shows  initiated  1855, 
and  no  further  record  at  hand. 


142  THE  WHITE  ArRON. 

OcTAVius  R.  Hanbury.  Brewer.  Affiliated  1855.  Re- 
turned to  England.    Died  1875. 

Charles  Phillips.     Affiliated  1855.     Demitted  1855. 

F.  S.  McNamara.  Physician.  Affiliated  1855.  Suspend- 
ed N.  P.  D.  i860. 

William  Berg  (or  Breg  or  Berge).  Affiliated  1855.  De- 
mitted 1861. 

R.  F.  Taylor.  Initiated  1856.  No  further  record.  Farm- 
er near  Newark. 

William  L.  F.  Jones.  Initiated  1856.  Raised  in,  or  af- 
filiated with,  Meteor  Lodge,  No.  283,  Sand- 
wich. Was  a  farmer  and  blacksmith,  living 
near  where  Millington  is  now  located,  only 
on  west  side  of  Fox  river. 

Levi  Mason.  Superintendent  Gas  Co.  Raised  1856.  Jun- 
ior Deacon  1857.  Junior  Warden  1858. 
Senior  Warden  1859.  Worshipful  Master 
i860.    Demitted  April  17,  1865. 

Theodore  Cunningham  Gibson.  Furniture  dealer. 
Elected  member  Legislature  1862.  County 
agent  for  several  years.  Insurance.  In  Mex- 
ican war.  Major  Fifty-third  Illinois  during 
the  Civil  war.  Raised  1856.  Junior  Deacon 
1 86 1.  Senior  Warden  1863.  A  continuous 
member  for  fifty  years,  with  honors  worthily 
worn. 

William  C.  Fash.  Shoemaker.  Raised  1856.  Suspended 
N.  P.  D.  i860. 

Orville  L.  Moore.  Telegraph  operator.  First  to  receive 
messages  by  sound.  Fellow  Craft  only  1856. 
Died  January  14,  1859. 

George  M.  Dunavan.  Farmer.  Raised  1856.  Demitted 
May  5,  1873. 

George  W.  Fuchs.  Civil  war  veteran.  Groceries.  Raised 
1856.  Demitted  November  18,  1867.  Char- 
ter member  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I43 

Warren  R.  Brundage.  Farmer.  Initiated  1856.  No  fur- 
ther record. 

Henry  D,  Gorbett.  Farmer  and  preacher.  Lived  in  South 
Ottawa.  (See  record  Ottawa  Lodge,  Grand 
Lodge  of  Kentucky.)  Affiliated  1856.  De- 
mitted  1859,  to  assist  in  organizing  Cement 
Lodge,  at  Utica. 

William  L.  Dunavan.  Came  to  La  Salle  county  from 
Ohio  in  1830.  Farmer  in  Rutland  township. 
Was  a  member  of  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114, 
Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky.  Affiliated  with 
Occidental  Lodge  1856.  Demitted  Septem- 
ber 15,  1884.  Made  honorary  member  on 
same  date.     Moved  to  Texas  and  died  there. 

QuiNCY  D.  Whitman.  Civil  war  veteran.  Revenue  col- 
lector. Affiliated  1856.  Secretary  i860, 
Demitted  June  3,    1872. 

Edward  M.  Wade.  English  capitalist.  Affiliated  1856. 
Demitted  September  20,  1871.  Lived  on 
west  bluff.     Returned  tO'  England. 

Joseph  Ford.  Farmer.  Civil  war  veteran.  Raised  1857. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  April  5,  1875. 

John  M.  Earle.  Wagonmaker.  Firm,  Slack  &  Earle. 
Raised  1857.    Demitted  1861. 

Moses  D.  Calkins.  Proprietor  Farmers'  house.  South  Ot- 
tawa. Raised  1857.  Suspended  N.  P.  D. 
April  4,  1875. 

Jeremiah  Abbey.     Raised  1857.     Demitted  April  5,  1869. 

Erasmus  N.  Jenks.  Farmer.  Raised  1857.  Demitted 
1866. 

William  K.  Stewart.  Civil  war  veteran.  Contractor. 
Raised  1857.  Demitted  November  i,  1869. 
Affiliated  May  6,  1878.  Tyler  1859.  Sen- 
ior Deacon  1877,  1879.  Senior  Warden 
1884,  '87,  '88,  '89.    Junior  Warden  i882-'83. 

Joseph  Cushman  Hatheway.     Physician.     Raised  1857. 


144  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Senior  Steward  i860.  Demitted  April  18, 
1887.  Affiliated  May  3,  1897.  Died  January 
21,  1901. 

C.  H.  Froese.  German  teacher  in  old  Mechanics  hall.  In- 
itiated and  passed  1857.     No  further  record. 

Adolph  Hoffman.  Affiliated  18 S7.  Suspended  N.  P.  D. 
i860. 

Samuel  Eyster.  Carpenter.  Affiliated  1857.  Died  June 
29,  1881. 

Coleman  Olmstead.  Came  to  Ottawa  1835.  Farmer. 
Affiliated  1857.   Demitted  September  5,  1881. 

Holmes  Slade.     Raised  1858.     Demitted  i860. 

HosEA  B.  Williams.  Paper  manufacturer.  Raised  1858. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  May  4,  1889. 

Simon  Zimmerman.  Furniture.  Raised  1858.  Died  Oc- 
tober 8,  1894. 

Soloman  Degen.  Stock  dealer.  Raised  1858.  Worshipful 
Master  1878,  '79  ^^^  '^O-  ^ied  January  4, 
1903. 

Nelson  Conard.    Farmer.    Raised  1858.    Demitted  i860. 

Julius  Caesar  Avery.  Lawyer.  Member  firm  Gray, 
Avery  &  Bushnell.  Ex-mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Democratic  candidate  for  Congress  1870. 
Raised  1858.  Senior  Deacon  1859.  Died 
November  22,  1870. 

Franklin  D.  Sweetzer.  Agricultural  implements.  E.  A. 
1858  only. 

Samuel  A.  W.  Jewett.  Methodist  minister.  Raised 
1858.  Chaplain  1859.  Demitted  December 
17,  1866. 

Samuel  C.  Walker.  Lawyer.  Son  of  George  E.  Walker, 
the  first  Sheriff  of  La  Salle  county.  Raised 
1858.    Died  October  23,  1869. 

Reuben  Sherman.  Plasterer.  Raised  1858.  Suspended 
N.  P.  D.  November  18,  1867. 


WILLIAM  REDDICK 

Who,  by  will,  endowed  Reddick's  Library 


LIBRARY 

OF  IHt 

UNIVERSITY  Of  ILLU1UIS 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I45 

Daniel  H.  Ashton.  Clothier.  Affiliated  1858.  Suspend- 
ed July  5,  1867. 

Henry  F.  Clark.  Contractor.  Member  firm  Cohvell,  Clark 
&  Stebbins.  Affiliated  1858.  Secretary  1859. 
Junior  Warden  186 1.  Worshipful  Master 
1874,  '75  and  '76.     Died  January  10,  1877. 

Theron  Johnson.  Clerk  in  store.  Affiliated  1858.  De- 
mitted  1864. 

James  Russ  Murphy.  Druggist.  Affiliated  1858.  Died 
1859. 

John  F.  Lamb.  Farmer  Rutland  township.  Raised  1859. 
Demitted  December  9,  1863,  to  become  char- 
ter member  of  Marseilles  Lodge,  No.  417. 

Isaac  R.  Hill.  Carpenter.  Raised  1859.  Demitted  May 
20,   1867. 

S.  O.  Wade.  Livery.  Raised  1859.  Demitted  April  7, 
1862. 

William  G.  Earle.  Civil  war  veteran.  Painter.  Raised 
1859.     Suspended  N.  P.  D.  April  5,  1875. 

William  A.  McCullom.  Farmer.  Raised  1859.  Demit- 
ted June  6,  1865. 

Samuel  D.  Cole.     Retired  farmer.     Raised  1859. 

James  Keeler.     Miller.     Raised  1859.     Demitted  i860. 

Henry  Gondolf.  Harnessmaker.  Raised  1859.  Demit- 
ted November  18,  1867,  to  become  charter 
member  of  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555. 

Calvin  Wilson.  Carpenter.  Raised  1859.  Junior  Stew- 
ard i860.    Demitted  July  21,  1862. 

Samuel  Thanhauser.  Clothier.  Raised  1859.  Senior 
Deacon  i86o-'6i.  Demitted  December  6, 
1869. 

R.  P.  VoRCE.  Superintendent  Cushman  foundry.  Raised 
1859.     Demitted  1861. 

Frank  J.  Crawford.     First  lieutenant  Company  E.  Fifty- 
J 


146  THE   WHITE  APRON. 

third   Illinois,   Civil  war.     Lawyer.     Raised 
1859.     Demitted  November  18,  1878. 

George  H.  Walker.  Justice  of  the  peace.  Raised  1859. 
Demitted  1862. 

Herman  Alschuler.  Clothier.  Affiliated  1859.  Demit- 
ted November  18,  1867,  to  become  charter 
member  of  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555. 

Robert  H.  Pierce.  Miller.  Affiliated  1859.  Demitted 
March  20,  1865. 

Wells  Waite.  Farmer.  Affiliated  1859.  Demitted  Jan- 
uary 7,  1867. 

J.  W.  Fay.  Banker  and  lawyer.  Affiliated  1859.  Demitted 
March  20,  1865. 

George  J.  Burgess.  Machinist  and  plumber.  Affiliated 
1859.  Tyler  i863-'64.  Senior  Warden  1868. 
Worshipful  Master  1869.  Senior  Deacon 
1 87 1.     Demitted  October  2,  1876. 

Oliver  P.  Stumph.  Druggist.  Raised  i860.  Demitted 
November  6,  1865. 

Samuel  R.  Lewis.  Farmer.  Treasurer  La  Salle  county 
i855-'58.  State  Senator  i878-'8o.  Initiated 
i860.     No  further  record. 

George  B.  Schneider.  Cigar  and  tobacconist.  Raised 
i860.    Died  April  11,  1872. 

Cornelius  Claggett.  Cabinetmaker.  Raised  i860.  De- 
mitted June  21,  1867. 

John  Brooks  Rice.  Ex-mayor  of  Ottawa.  Lawyer.  Rais- 
ed i860.  Died  February  24,  1896.  Broth- 
er Rice  was  one  of  the  beacon  lights  of  the  La 
Salle  county  bar.  Was  honored  in  his  pro- 
fession and  a  friend  to  the  lawyer  student. 

Joel  F.  Pierce.  Meat  market.  Raised  i860.  Demitted 
May  3,  1880. 

George  W.  Adams.  Clerk  City  bank.  Nephew  L.  H. 
Fames.     Board  of  Trade,  Chicago.     Raised 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  14/ 

.i£v--.    , 

i860.    Treasurer  1 86 1.    Senior  Deacon  1862. 
Demitted  April  7,  1862. 

C.  A.  Mathewson.    Initiated  i860.    No  further  record. 

C.  S.  C.  Crane.     Detective.     Tyler   1 861 -'62.     Affiliated 

i860.    Demitted  October  15,  1877, 

John  Powe.    Farmer.    Raised  1861.    Died  May  26,  1882, 

Eli  AS  C.  Hath  ew  ay.  Merchant  and  fruit  grower.  Depu- 
ty Sheriff  i882-'86.  Raised  1861.  Demitted 
January  5,   1880. 

N.  A.  Heinfareter.  Raised  186 1.  Demitted  September 
7,  1863. 

A.  H.  Strobel.  Harnessmaker,  and  toll-keeper  Fox  river 
bridge.  Raised  1861.  Demitted  November 
18,  1867,  to  become  charter  member  Hum- 
boldt Lodge,  No'.  555. 

Thomas  H.  Clark.  Principal  Columbus  street  school. 
Raised  1861.     Demitted  December  16,  1872. 

Wm.  S.  Easton.  Insurance.  Raised  1861.  Secretary  1863. 
Senior  Warden  1864.  Worshipful  Master 
1865,  '66,  '67,  '68  and  '70.  Demitted  June 
2,  1877.  District  Deputy  Grand  Master 
1868. 

Albert  Wolford.  Meat  market,  southwest  corner  La  Salle 
and  Madison  streets.  Raised  186 1.  Demit- 
ted April  16,  1866. 

Douglas  Hapeman.  Editor  and  book  store.  Colonel  One 
Hundred  Fourth  Illinois  during  Civil  war. 
Raised  1861.     Died  June  3,  1905. 

E.  J.  Camprell.  Merchant.  Raised  1861.  Demitted  June 
6,  1865. 

Charles  Stout.  Dry  goods  merchant.  Raised  186 1.  De- 
mitted July  3,  187 1. 

D.  M.  Clark.     Dry  goods  merchant.     Raised  1861.     De- 

mitted November  20,  1871. 


148  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

George  Cloud.  Son  of  Joseph  Cloud.  Raised  1861.  De- 
mitted  May  19,  1862. 

Charles  Huston.  Druggist.  Clerk  for  E.  Y.  Griggs.  Re- 
sides Columbus,  Ohio.  Raised  1861.  Demit- 
ted  March  16,  1868. 

Sheldon  B.  Griswold.  First  lieutenant  Company  B,  Fifty- 
third  Illinois,  Civil  war.  Grain  dealer. 
Raised  1861.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  November 
18,  1867. 

E.  G.  Halbert.  Shoe  merchant.  Raised  1861.  Demitted 
October  2,  1865. 

S.  B.  Olmstead.  Affiliated  1861.  Demitted  February  7, 
1865. 

E.  S.  Robert.  Dentist.  Affiliated  1861.  Suspended  N. 
P.  D.  August  18,  1884. 

John  Colwell.  Contractor.  Firm  Col  well,  Clark  &  Steb- 
bins.  Affiliated  June  17,  1861,  Suspended 
N.  P.  D.  August  21,  1876. 

Henry  C.  Nash.  Bank  teller.  Raised  1861.  Treasurer 
several  years.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  March  4, 
1889. 

John  R.  Cameron.     Dry  goods  and  postmaster.     Raised 

1 86 1.  Demitted  February  6,  1888. 

J.  O.  Harris.  Surgeon  Fifty-third  Illinois,  Civil  war. 
Physician,  insurance  and  real  estate.  Raised 
January  13,  1862.     Died  January  10,  1905. 

David  P.  Jones.  Lawyer.  Ex-mayor  of  Ottawa.  Raised 
February  17,  1862.  Died  November  7,  1884. 
Was  State's  Attorney  i86i-'64. 

Edward  L.  Armstrong.     Clothier.     Raised  February  22, 

1862.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  March  17,  1873. 

Gust  AVE  Koch.  Brass  worker.  Raised  March  3,  1862. 
Demitted  March  5,  1866. 

Moses  Osman.  Bookstore.  Veteran  Mexican  war.  Rais- 
ed March  10,  1862.   Demitted  March  5,  1866. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I49 

P.  S.  McKay  (or  Mackey).  Raised  March  ly,  1862.  De- 
mitted  July  7,   1862. 

G.  B.  Morgan.  General  store.  Raised  March  24,  1862. 
Demitted  November  6,  1865. 

F.  F.  Maybury.  Druggist,  Firm  Dimmick  &  Maybury. 
Raised  April  7,  1862.  Demitted  December 
3,  1866. 

Frank  F.  Brower,  Lawyer.  Ex-mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Raised  April  28,  1862.    Died  April  8,  1870. 

George  B.  Mitchell.  Restaurant.  Raised  June  2,  1862. 
Demitted  March  21,  1881. 

Absalom  B.  Moore.  Methodist  minister.  Colonel  One 
Hundred  Fourth  Illinois  during  the  Civil  war. 
Clerk  County  Court  i865-'68.  Affiliated 
June  2,  1862.     Died  July  7,  1879. 

George  S.  Stebbins.  County  Treasurer  i859-'62.  Raised 
July  7,  1862.    Died  November  29,  1867. 

Samuel  Harvey.  Lawyer.  Affiliated  January  27,  1862. 
Demitted  July  7,  1862. 

David  H.  Porter.  Merchant.  Affiliated  July  21,  1862. 
Demitted  October  18,  1869. 

W.  H.  Williams.  English  capitalist.  Raised  September 
30,1862.  Demitted  April  8,  1864.  Returned 
to  England. 

Christian  Irion,  Grocer.  Raised  November  17,  1862. 
Demitted  November  18,  1867. 

John  A.  Carton,  Farmer,  Raised  December  i,  1862,  De- 
mitted July  15,  1867,  Moved  to  Ackley, 
Iowa. 

Samuel  Poundstone.  Farmer.  Raised  February  2,  1863. 
Demitted  February  6,  i< 


Charles  Houghtaling.  Captain  Houghtaling's  Battery 
during  the  Civil  war.  Raised  February  16, 
1863.    Demitted  February  18,  1867. 


150  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

W.  W.  Gardner.  Civil  war  veteran.  Toll-keeper  Illinois 
river  bridge.  Raised  March  2,  1863.  De- 
mitted  December  20,  1873. 

T.  Y.  MiCKLE.  Traveling  salesman.  Raised  March  7, 
1863.    Now  resides  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

George  Beatty.  Dry  goods  merchant.  Firm,  Lynch, 
Beatty  &  O'Kane.  Raised  March  9,  1863. 
Died  February  25,  1896. 

Richard  W.  King.  Box  manufacturer.  Raised  March  23, 
1863.     Demitted  November  15,  1873. 

Robert  M.  McArthur.  Physician.  Raised  April  6,  1863. 
Died  August  12,  1886. 

George  Woefel.  Farmer.  Raised  April  13,  1863.  De- 
mitted September  19,  1864. 

Joseph  Gondolf.  Harness  manufacturer.  Raised  June 
I,  1863.  Demitted  November  18,  1867,  to 
become  charter  member  of  Humboldt  Lodge, 
No.  555. 

James  C.  Warner.  Telegraph  instrument  manufacturer. 
Raised  June  8,  1863.  Demitted  June  19,  1866. 
Affiliated  November  16,  1868.  Junior  War- 
den 1871.    Demitted  June  21,  1875. 

Justus  Harris.  City  marshal  and  deputy  Sheriff.  Raised 
August  7,  1863.  Tyler  1872-1875.  Died 
November  27,  1888. 

Sylvanus  H.  Hill.  Raised  September  7,  1863.  Demitted 
November  21,  1870, 

Thomas  C.  Fullerton.  Farmer.  Lawyer.  Captain  in 
Sixty-fourth  Illinois  during  Civil  war.  Rais- 
ed February  25,  1864.  Demitted  February 
25,  1866.  Affiliated  December  3,  1883.  Sen- 
ior Warden  1885.  Senior  Deacon  1886. 
Died  August  2,  1894.  Was  Republican  can- 
didate for  Congress,  and  died  during  the 
campaign. 

Thomas  I.  Conger.    Farmer.    In  Sixty-fourth  Illinois  dur- 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I5I 

iiig  the  Civil  war.    Raised  February  25,  1864. 
Killed  at  battle  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  1804. 

Frank  G.  King.  Pump  manufacturer.  In  Fifty-third  Illi- 
inois  during  Civil  war.  Raised  April  21, 
1864.    Died  October  30,  1905. 

Samuel  I.  Haney.  Farmer.  Raised  April  21,  1864.  Kill- 
ed in  battle  during  the  Civil  war  in  1864. 

S.  M.  Pettingill.  Farmer.  Raised  July  19,  1864.  Died 
January,  1865. 

J.  B.  Smith.  First  Lieutenant  Company  B,  Fifty-third  Illi- 
nois, Civil  war.  Received  E.  A.  degree  April 
4,  1864,  and  died  the  same  month.  Qerk  in 
Kimball's  hardware  store. 

James  Spencer.  Farmer.  Received  E.  A.  degree  August 
3,  1863.     No'  further  record. 

Daniel  Way.  Received  E.  A.  degree  March  21,  1864. 
Received  second  and  third  degrees  in  Mar- 
seilles Lodge,  No.  417,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

C.  G.  LuTZ.  Bookbinder.  Raised  July  18,  1864.  Demitted 
November  18,  1867,  to  become  charter  mem- 
ber of  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555. 

Herman   Warlick.      Painter.      Raised   August   i,    1864. 

Demitted    November    18,    1867,    to   become 

charter   member   of   Humboldt   Lodge,    No. 

555- 
J.  F.  Marriner.     Civil  war  veteran.     Painter.     Dentist. 

Raised  August  15,  1864.     Expelled  May  17, 

1869. 

Edward  C.  Mills.  Farmer.  Raised  September  5,  1864. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  December  4,  187 1. 

Henry  Bilharz.  Farmer.  Raised  September  5,  1864. 
Demitted  October  i,  1867. 

Lewis  N.  Kennedy.  Merchant.  Raised  October  i,  1864. 
Demitted  January  6,   1868. 

Samuel  Degen.     Stock  dealer.    Was  in  Confederate  serv- 


152  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

ice  during  Rebellion.  Raised  November  28, 
1864.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  September  16, 
1889.  Reinstated  August  7,  1899.  Died 
April  24,  1 90 1. 

Washington  Bushnell.  Was  born  in  Madison  county, 
New  York.  Graduated  at  the  National  Law 
School,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  1853.  Was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar,  and  came  to  Ottawa  the 
same  year,  and  was  a  member  of  the  law  firm 
of  Gray,  Avery  &  Bushnell,  the  strongest  law 
firm  then  in  Illinois.  Elected  State  Senator 
i86o-'64.  Elected  Attorney  General  of  Illi- 
nois in  1868  for  four  years.  Was  city  at- 
torney three  years  and  State's  Attorney  for 
four  years.  JNIarried  Phoebe  M.  Charles, 
daughter  of  Christian  H.  Charles,  who  was  a 
member  of  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand 
Lodge  of  Kentucky.  Raised  December  12, 
1864.     Died  June  30,  1885. 

Oscar  H.  Mann.  Inventor  of  safety  valve  for  steam  en- 
gines. Affiliated  November  21,  1864.  De- 
mitted  February  21,  1868. 

Charles  P.  Stimpson.  E.  A.  degree  December  3,  1864. 
No  further  record. 

A.  E.  GiBBS.  Dentist.  Affiliated  November  21,  1874.  De- 
mitted  March  17,   1879. 

William  E.  Bell.  Bridge  builder.  Affiliated  December 
19,   1864.     Died  February  12,  1894. 

Francis  P.  Childs.  Shoe  merchant.  Affiliated  January 
2,  1865.     Demitted  July  21,  1879. 

J.  M.  Crosby.  Carpenter.  Affiliated  January  5,  1865. 
Demitted  October  2,  1878. 

Henry  M.  Godfrey.  Physician.  Raised  January  16,  1865. 
Died  June  9,  1889. 

Sidney  C.  Bates.  Painter.  Raised  January  23,  1865. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  June  4,  1876. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 53 

Jacob  Hess.  Miller.  Raised  February  ii,  1865.  Demitted 
December  2,  1867.  Affiliated  with  Hum- 
boldt Lodge,  No.  555,  March  20,  1868. 

Simon  Alschuler.  Clothier.  Raised  February  12,  1865. 
Died  in  Colorado  February  13,  1873. 

Matthew  B.  Lamb.  Farmer.  Raised  March  7,  1865. 
Demitted  x\pril  5,  1875. 

William  H.  Carey.  Grain  dealer.  Raised  April  24,  1865. 
Died  September  i,  1890. 

Champlain  C.  Chester.  Raised  April  24,  1865.  Died 
February  26,  1871.  Buried  at  Monmouth, 
Illinois. 

John  Fletcher  Gibson.  Farmer.  Veteran  Mexican  war. 
Raised  April  24,  1865.  Demitted  October  6, 
1879.  Affiliated  February  19,  1883.  Died 
February  24,  1906. 

Francis  L.  Fiske.  Clothing.  Firms  of  Fiske,  Strickland 
&  Wing,  and  Fiske  &  Beem.  Raised  May 
I,  1865. 

Frank  B.  Chapman.  Express  agent.  Raised  May  i, 
1865.    Demitted  December  4,  187 1. 

Thomas  Ryburn.  Grain  dealer.  Raised  May  15,  1865. 
Died  1878. 

M.  F.  GoooDSPEED.  Grain  dealer.  Affiliated  June  6,  1865. 
Demitted  February  5,  1872. 

Warren  V.  Cooley.  School  teacher.  Raised  June  19, 
1865.     Demitted  December  4,  1871. 

Albert  P.  Barnes.  Printer.  Raised  July  3,  1865.  De- 
mitted August  6,  1866.  Affiliated  June  17, 
1867.     Suspended  N.  P.  D.  1873. 

Randall  Lynne.  Raised  August  21,  1865.  Demitted  De- 
cember 7,  1868. 

H.  D.  Williams.  Paper  manufacturer.  E.  A.  degree  Oc- 
tober 16,  1865.  Passed  and  raised  in  Polar 
Star  Lodge,  No.  113,  Iowa,  in  1867. 


154  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Jacob  Schmidt.      Wagonmaker.      Raised    November    20, 

1865.  Demitted  November  18,  1867,  to  be- 
come charter  member  of  Humboldt  Lodge, 

No.  555. 

John  L.  Morrison.  Clerk  for  Wm.  Reddick,  general 
store.  Veteran  Civil  war  in  Henshaw's  Bat- 
tery. Raised  November  27,  1865.  Demitted 
September  19,  1887. 

Albanus  E.  Grow,  Deputy  Sheriff  under  Sheriff  Water- 
man. Raised  January  i,  1866.  Suspended 
N.  P.  D.  March  15,  1875. 

OzELL  Trask.  Jeweler.  Raised  February  17,  1866.  De- 
mitted April  17,  1879. 

William  N.  Richardson.  Grain  dealer.  E.  A.  degree 
February  26,  1866.     No  further  record. 

Peleg  a.  Hall.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  April  4,  1866. 
Killed  by  falling  off  building  June  28,  1901. 

William   H.   Cushman.     Bank  teller.     Raised  April  4, 

1866.  Demitted  February  4,   1867.     Moved 
to  Colorado.     Died  in  New  York. 

Jesse  B,  Charles.  Printer.  E.  A.  degree  April  23,  1866. 
No  further  record, 

Leman  a.  Rising.  Cigar  manufacturer.  Firm,  Smith  & 
Rising.  Veteran  Civil  war.  Affiliated  April 
2,  1866.  Demitted  February  16,  1880.  Af- 
filiated November  21,  1887.     Tyler  i903-'04. 

Robert  Henning.  Telegraph  instrument  manufacturer. 
Raised  April  16,  1866.  Worshipful  Master 
187 1,  'y2  and  '73.  Moved  to  Chicago.  Died 
September  27,  1885.  Was  buried  in  Ottawa 
avenue  cemetery  with  Masonic  honors. 

Francis  B.  Metcalf.  Raised  x\ugust  24,  1866.  Demitted 
April  5,  1875. 

Robert  Y,  Murphy.  Furniture.  Raised  October  15,  1866. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  June  7,  1880. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 55 

Henry  Koch.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  November  19,  1866. 
Demitted  November  18,  1867.  Qiarter  mem- 
ber Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555. 

William  S.  Jackson.  Farmer,  speculator,  banker.  Affil- 
iated November  19,  1866.  Demitted  1869. 
Charter  member  Seneca  Lodge. 

Edward  H.  Smith.  Cigar  manufacturer.  Firm  of  Smith 
&  Rising.  Deputy  Sheriff  1 881 -'82.  Civil 
war  veteran.  Affiliated  December  3,  1866. 
Demitted  February  2,  1884. 

William  Cullen.  Farmer.  Sheriff  i865-'66.  Editor 
Ottawa  Republican  several  years.  Elected  to 
Congress  1880  and  re-elected  in  1882.  Af- 
filiated January  i,  1867. 

Charles  Henry  Nattinger.  Carpenter.  Raised  Febru- 
ary 18,  1867.    Died  December  9,  1870. 

Ebenezer  E.  Lewis.  Lawyer.  Raised  March  2^,  1867. 
Demitted  May  19,  1873, 

Ross  Denny.  Plasterer.  Affiliated  February  4,  1867.  De- 
mitted April  5,  1869. 

James  Rhoads.  Farmer.  Affiliated  February  18,  1867. 
Demitted  January  2,  1882. 

William  H.  Long.  Farmer.  Raised  April  6,  1867.  De- 
mitted June  5,  1 87 1. 

George  W.  Cummings.  Wagonmaker.  Raised  April  8, 
1867.  Demitted  October  8,  1868.  Charter 
member  Streator  Lodge. 

Abram  Cummings.  Wagonmaker.  E.  A.  degree  April  22, 
1867.     Passed  and  raised  in  Streator  Lodge. 

Gilbert  Goff.  Dry  goods  merchant.  Raised  April  13, 
1867.  Demitted  December  16,  1889.  Affil- 
iated June  3,  1892.     Lives  at  Goodland,  Ind. 

Benjamin  Padgett.  Tailor.  Raised  May  13,  1867.  Died 
September  28,  1899. 


156  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

William  E.  Bowman.  Photographer.  Affiliated  May  6, 
1867.     Demitted  January  7,   1880. 

Robert  E.  Riale.  Grocer.  Affiliated  June  3,  1867.  De- 
mitted June  13,  1878. 

Frank  B.  Stearns.  Hotel.  Affiliated  June  15,  1867.  De- 
mitted February  2,  1884. 

Joseph  W.  Dow.  Postmaster  during  the  60s.  Raised  June 
15,  1867.     Demitted  January  2,  1871. 

George  W.  Francis.  Received  E.  A.  and  F.  C.  degrees  in 
Occidental  Lodge  in  1864.  Received  M.  M. 
degree  in  some  other  Lodge  and  affiliated  with 
Occidental  Lodge  June  15,  1867.  Demitted 
June  5,  1871. 

Alexander  Hanna.  Farmer  and  collector.  Resided  in 
South  Ottawa.  Raised  June  15,  1867.  Tyler 
1883  to  1891,  inclusive,  and  1895  to  1904, 
inclusive. 

John  A.  Gray.  Minister.  Raised  June  17,  1867.  Suspend- 
ed N.  P.  D.  April  5,  1875.  Reinstated  July 
6,  1892.    Died  September  29,  1896. 

Harry  J.  Logan.  Millwright.  Initiated  July  15,  1867.  No 
further  record. 

Frederick  F.  Crane.  Grain-buyer  and  bookkeeper.  Raised 
July  22,  1867.  Senior  Steward  1878.  Sus- 
pended N.  P.  D  March  4,  1889. 

Andrew  J.  Sawyer.  School  teacher.  Raised  July  22, 
1867.     Demitted,  May  4,  1868. 

John  H.  Druitt.  Lawyer.  Raised  August  16,  1867.  De- 
mitted August  6,  1872. 

Francis  P.  Duplain.  Telegraph  instrument  maker.  Rais- 
ed October  12,  1867.  Senior  Deacon  1872- 
'73.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  1877.  Reinstated 
July  I,  1895. 

Nathaniel  C.  Walker.  Clerk.  Raised  October  12,  1867. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  June  5,  1882. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 57 

David  Batcheller.  Clerk.  Civil  war  veteran,  Hen- 
shaw's  Battery.  Raised  November  4,  1867. 
Demitted  June  3,  1878.  Affiliated  February 
15,  1886.  Secretary  from  1888  to  time  of  his 
death,  December  28,  1896. 

Seward  Thorson.  Dry  goods  merchant.  Firm,  Hull  & 
Thorson.  Raised  December  16,  1867.  De- 
mitted December  4,  1871. 

William  J.  Pigott.  School  teacher.  Initiated  December 
23,  1867.    No  further  record. 

Frederick  March.  Clerk.  Raised  January  6,  1868.  De- 
mitted February  21,  1870. 

George  J.  Rundell.  Affiliated  January  20,  1868.  Demit- 
ted January  17,  1870. 

Isaac  N.  Beem.  Clothing  merchant.  Firm,  Fiske  &  Beem. 
Affiliated  February  17,  1868. 

Austin  G.  Cregar.  Raised  January  20,  1868.  Suspended 
N.  P.  D.  1877. 

John  F.  MacKinlay.  Banker.  Raised  February  24,  1868. 
Demitted  February  27,  1879. 

John  H.  Shepherd.  County  Treasurer.  Civil  war  vet- 
eran. Raised  March  2'iy,  1868.  Died  June 
27,  1872. 

Edward  Coan.  Episcopal  minister.  Raised  May  13,  1868. 
Demitted  April  19,  1869. 

Francis  M.  Rose.  Druggist.  Raised  May  11,  1868.  De- 
mitted April  19,  1869. 

Walter  Todd.  Miller.  Raised  May  25,  1868.  Demitted 
October  4,  1869. 

John  W.  Collins.  Raised  October  19,  1868,  Demitted 
September  19,  1870. 

William  Stadden.  Miller  at  Dayton.  Raised  March  25, 
1868.    Died  June  5,  1883. 

Anthony  D.  Simon.  Music  teacher.  Raised  October  21, 
1867. 


158  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Daniel  J.  Holmes.  Methodist  minister.  Affiliated  August 
17,  1868.  Demitted  February  21,  1876.  Re- 
affiliated  February  7,  1887.  Chaplain  1888- 
'89.    Demitted  February  3,  1890. 

Fernando  C.  Prescott.  Gents'  furnishings.  Raised  No- 
vember 23,  1868.     Died  February  22,  1874. 

James  N.  Colwell.  Contractor.  Firm,  Colwell,  Clark  & 
Stebbins.  Raised  December  21,  1868.  Sen- 
ior Steward  1871.  Junior  Deacon  1872. 
Killed  by  the  cars  at  Streator,  October  10, 
1876. 

William  A.  Brundage.  Carpenter.     Raised  December  28, 

1868.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  January  7,  1880. 

James  R.  Cross.  Constable.  Civil  war  veteran.  Raised 
April  5,  1869.     Demitted  February  9,  1877. 

Charles  M.  Catlin.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  May  10,  1869. 
Senior  Warden  1875.  Suspended  for  un-ma- 
sonic  conduct  in  August,  1875.  and  reinstated 
January  3,  1876.  Demitted  January  17,  1876. 

Samuel  W.  Porter.  United  States  express  agent.  Civil 
war  veteran.     Raised  June  14,  1869. 

William  W.  Estabrook.     Minister.    Affiliated  August  2, 

1869.  Senior  Warden  1871.     Demitted  De- 
cember 4,  1 87 1. 

Obadtah  Jennings.  Farmer.  Raised  October  4,  1869, 
Demitted  December  3,  1877. 

James  O'Donnell.  Lawyer.  Raised  October  4,  1869. 
junior  Warden  1874.  Demitted  January  17, 
1876. 

John  Bohlander.  Telegraph  instrument  maker.  Raised 
October    11,    1869.      Demitted    February    2, 

1873. 
Philip  R.  Martin.     Affiliated  November  15,   1869.     De- 
mitted January  2,  1871. 

William  K.  Cash.  Book  store.  Raised  August  15,  1870. 
Demitted  December  i,  1879. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 59 

Amasa  C.  Childs.  Shoe  store.  Raised  December  19,  1870. 
Died  May  18,  1874. 

Henry  Stead.  Farmer.  Raised  March  21,  1870.  Father 
of  brother  W.  H.  Stead. 

Edward  K.  Walbridge.  Farmer.  Raised  April  2,  1870. 
Demitted  January  17,  1876. 

George  G.  Wentz.  Merchant.  Raised  May  7,  1870.  De- 
mitted January  19,  1874. 

Henry  A.  Howland.  Son  of  Dr.  Howland.  Raised  Jan- 
uary 20,  1870,  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  August 
20,  1876. 

Benjamin  S.  Porter.  Carriagemaker.  Affiliated  Decem- 
ber 5,  1870.  Senior  Warden  1873.  Demit- 
ted February  2,  1879. 

Elisha  Smith.  Received  Fellow  Craft  degree  April  18, 
1870;  received  Master  Mason  degree  in  Rock- 
ton  Lodge,  No.  316,  Kent,  Ohio. 

Dwight  W.  Fuller.  C.,  B.  &  O.  station  agent.  Affiliated 
December  5,  1870.  Demitted  September  17, 
1877. 

Albert  J.  Pool.  Farmer.  Raised  February  20,  1871.  De- 
mitted January  19,  1880. 

Thomas  Thomeley.  Raised  May  22,  1871.  Demitted  July 
6,  1874.  * 

James  W.  Kellogg.  Lawyer.  Raised  July  19,  1871.  De- 
mitted August  I,  1872. 

Charles  W.  Cook.  Millwright.  Raised  November  20. 
1871.  Senior  Steward  1873.  Died  January 
10,  1882. 

Michael  Huthmaker.  Affiliated  December  4,  1871.  Sus- 
pended N.  P.  D.  January  4,  1876. 

George  V.  Hull.  Salesman.  Raised  January  22,  1872. 
Demitted  January  7,  1884. 

Alexander  Richards.  Farmer.  Raised  February  5,  1872. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  January  10,  1880. 


l6o  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Jesse  C.  Allen.  Affiliated  February  5,  1872.  Demitted 
May  18,  1874. 

Reuben  F.  Dyer.  Physician  and  surgeon.  Veteran  Civil 
war.  Raised  June  17,  1872.  Died  January 
25,  1896. 

Sidney  V.  Wise.  Raised  November  25,  1872.  Junior 
Deacon  1873.  Suspended  October  2,  1876. 
Reinstated  April  16,  1906.  Demitted  May  7, 
1906.. 

Patrick  Ryan.  Bookkeeper.  Veteran  Civil  war.  Captain. 
Raised  January  20,  1873.  Tyler  1880.  Died 
January  3,  1881. 

John  Lawrence  Steele.  Minister.  Raised  May  12,  1873. 
Chaplain  1874.     Demitted  April  19.  1876. 

David  Krouse.  Gunsmith.  Veteran  Civil  war.  Raised 
July  7,  1873.    Demitted  January  16,  1899. 

Enoch  S.  Yentzer.     Tailor.     Raised  July  14,  1873. 

Charles  Snow.  Moulder.  Raised  August  4,  1873.  Died 
September  9,  1881. 

George  N.  Cash.  Bookstore.  Affiliated  May  19,  1873. 
Demitted  January  5,  1882. 

Hubert  A.  McCaleb.  Colonel  Sixth  United  States  Col- 
ored artillery  in  Civil  war.  Affiliated  Jan- 
uary 6,  1873.  Died  March  24,  1878.  Was 
Sheriff  La  Salle  county  i866-'68.  County 
Clerk  i873-'74. 

George  L.  Austin.     Machinist.     Affiliated  September   i, 
1873.     Demitted  January  7,  1876. 

Samuel  R.  Helmick.  Machinist.  Affiliated  January  19, 
1874.    Suspended  N.  P.  D.  March  5,  1894.  ' 

John  H.  Widmer.  Lawyer.  Major  One  Hundred  Fourth 
Illinois,  Civil  war.     Raised  January  26,  1874. 

Henry  Mayo.  School  teacher,  lawyer.  State's  Attorney 
i872-'8o.  Postmaster  since  1896.  Civil  war 
veteran.     Raised  February  2,  1874. 


THEODORE  CUNNINGHAM  GIBSON 

A  member  over  fifty  years 


UBHm 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  l6l 

E.  FoLLETT  Bull.  Lawyer.  Affiliated  February  i6,  1874. 
Senior  Warden  1877.  Died  December  4, 
i^ 


James  A.  Comstock.  Tinsmith.  Affiliated  February  16, 
1874.     Demitted  September  20,  1875. 

Daniel  C.  Mills.  Retired  farmer.  Raised  May  4,  1874. 
Senior  Steward  i888-'89.  Died  May  2,  1905. 
Brother  Mills  was  one  of  La  Salle  county's 
early  settlers  and  most  prosperous  farmers 
and  substantial  citizens.  He  was  of  decided 
opinions  and  strict  integrity. 

Henry  G.  Cotton.  Druggist.  Raised  May  11,  1874.  De- 
mitted June  7,  1880.  Affiliated  February  4, 
1889.  Again  demitted  April  5,  1879. 

William  Thomas.  Canal  superintendent.  Raised  July  20, 
1874.    Demitted  April  19,  1880. 

James  E,  Rathbun.  Grain  dealer.  Raised  July  27,  1874. 
Demitted  April  18,  1887. 

William  Stormont.  Foundry  and  machine  shop.  Raised 
July  27,  1874.  Chaplain  i877-'79.  Died  Oc- 
tober 12,  1894. 

Frederick  W.  Mattocks.  Traveling  salesman.  Raised 
August  3,  1874.  Demitted  February  16, 
1880. 

August  Haeberlin.  Hardware.  Affiliated  August  3,  1874. 
Demitted  February  16,  1885. 

John  L.  Piergue.  Cafe.  Raised  August  10,  1874.  Senior 
Steward  1877.     Demitted  July  21,  1879. 

Charles  Blanchard.  Lawyer.  State's  Attorney.  Judge 
Circuit  Court.     Affiliated  August  17,  1874. 

Allen  Jordan,  Jr.  Manufacturer.  Raised  September  21, 
1874.     Died  July  12,  1879. 

RoswELL  W.  Holmes.     Circuit  Clerk.     Raised  October  5, 
1874.     Secretary    i875-'76.     Demitted  Jan- 
uary 3,  188 1. 
K 


l62  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Henry  A.   Shuler.     Grain  dealer.     Raised  October   12, 

1874.  Demitted  April  18,  1887.  [The  beau- 
tiful clock  that  hangs  upon  the  wall  of  Occi- 
dental Lodge  was  presented  to  Occidental 
Lodge  by  brother  Shuler.] 

Frank  A.  Kendall.  Hardware.  Raised  October  19,  1874, 
Demitted  April  5,  1897. 

Clarence  C.  Glover.  Collector  Illinois  and  Michigan 
canal.  Raised  November  9,  1874.  Secretary 
1878. 

George  A.  Mills.  Farmer.  Raised  November  11,  1874. 
Junior  Steward  1876. 

Walter  Briggs  Titus.  Contractor.  Raised  November 
23,  1874.  Senior  Deacon  1875.  Junior  War- 
den 1876.     Demitted  March  13,  1879. 

Jesse  B.  Ruger.  Lawyer.  Raised  November  30,  1874. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  January  7,  1880. 

John  N.  Tiffany.     Wagonmaker.     Affiliated  January  4, 

1875.  Demitted  May  18,  1880. 

Charles  E.  Pettit.  Printer.  Associate  editor  Republican- 
Times.  Civil  war  veteran.  Raised  February 
22,  1875.  Demitted  March  21,  1881.  Affil- 
iated August  7,  1882.  Senior  Warden  1885. 
Worshipful  Master  1887  to  1890,  inclusive. 
Secretary  1899  and  consecutive  years  since. 

Theodore  C.  Miller.  Clerk.  Affiliated  March  i,  1875. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  April  4,  1887. 

William  Stuart  Spiers.  Minister.  Affiliated  March  i, 
1875.     Demitted  February  21,  1876. 

William  H.  Phillips.  Grocer.  Raised  April  12,  1875. 
Demitted  February  16,   1885. 

Lester  O.  Phillips.  Grocer.  Raised  April  26,  1875. 
Junior  Steward  1877.  Demitted  April  20, 
1885. 

Walter  D.  Strawn.  Farmer.  Director  National  City 
bank.     Raised  June  14,  1875. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  163 

Edward  C.  Lewis.  Farmer  and  stockman.  Chairman 
Board  of  Supervisors  La  Salle  county  several 
years.  Now  manufacturing  heating  furnaces 
in  Chicago.     Raised  June  28,  1875. 

Charles  A.  Works.  Lawyer.  Raised  July  5,  1875.  De- 
mitted  August  7,  1876. 

Andrew  J.  Brown.  Pump  manufacturer.  Raised  July  12, 
1875.    Demitted  April  7,  1879. 

Cairo  D.  Trimble.  Clerk  Supreme  Court.  Affiliated  July 
24,  1875.    Demitted  December  19,  1898. 

William  O.  Gorman.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  August  9, 
1875.    Demitted  February  19,  1877. 

Henry  P.  Clark.  Painter.  Affiliated  September  6,  1875. 
Junior  Deacon  i877-'78.  Suspended  N.  P. 
D.  April  18,  1887. 

Arthur  Lockwood  Wagner.  General  regular  army,  U. 
S.  A.  Raised  September  13,  1875.  Demitted 
May  30,  1889. 

W.  L.  Phillips.  Merchant.  Affiliated  September  20,  1875. 
Expelled  January  7,  1880. 

Harvey  W.  Smith.  Hotel-keeper,  Qifton.  Affiliated  Sep- 
tember 20,  1875.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  Jan- 
uary I,  1881. 

WiLLiM  H.  Ensminger.  Affiliated  November  i,  1875. 
Demitted  November  18,  1878. 

William  E.  Codding.  Canal  collector.  Affiliated  January 
17,  1876.    Demitted  December  19,  1893. 

Thomas  A.  Smurr.  Physician.  Raised  August  20,  1876. 
Junior  Warden  1879. 

Samuel  Richolson.  Lawyer.  Ex-mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Raised  May  7,  1877.    Died  June  24,  1906. 

Samuel  Dittenhoffer.  Clothier.  Raised  October  i, 
1877.     Suspended  N.  P.  D.  April  4,  1887. 

William  T.  Dickey.  Jeweler.     Raised  November  5,  1877. 


164  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Demitted  June  21,  1880.     Moved  to  Califor- 
nia, where  he  died. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman.  Deputy  County  Treasurer.  County 
Treasurer  1886.  Raised  December  24,  1877. 
Died  May  4,  1887.  Secretary  1877  to  1887, 
inclusive. 

Benjamin  F.  Bole.  Painter.  Raised  May  20,  1878.  Jun- 
ior Deacon  1879.    Demitted  August  18,  1879. 

LoTHROP  Perkins.  Superintendent  Gas  &  Coke  Co. 
Raised  July  i,  1878.  Treasurer  1879.  Jun- 
ior Warden  i88o-'8i.  Senior  Warden  1882. 
Died  September  16,   1884. 

James  McManus.  Deputy  County  Clerk.  Affiliated  De- 
cember 17,  1877.  Senior  Warden  i88o-'8i. 
Worshipful  Master  i882-'83.  Secretary 
i897-'98.     Died  September  23,   1898. 

David  A.  Cook.  Lawyer.  Bank  examiner  15  years.  Civil 
war  veteran.  Past  Master  Mendota  Lodge. 
Affiliated  January  i,  1878.  Died  September 
21,  1905. 

Paul  Teissedre.  Clerk.  Affiliated  July  21,  1879.  Junior 
Steward  1881  and  1884.  Senior  Steward 
1882.     Junior  Deacon  i885-'86. 

William  Lee  Roy  Milligan.  Farmer.  Deputy  Sheriff 
i883-'86.  Traveling  salesman.  Raised  Octo- 
ber 13,  1879.  Senior  Deacon  i88o-'8i.  Sen- 
ior Warden  i882-'83.  Worshipful  Master 
i884-'86. 

Webster  W.  Arnold.  Warden  county  asylum.  Raised 
November  3,  1879.  Suspended  N.  P.  D. 
March  4,  1889.     Reinstated  January  6,  1902. 

Francis  Burdett  Nash,  Jr.  Minister.  Raised  Decem- 
ber 15,  1879.    Demitted  April  18,  1881. 

Charles  William  Fredenburg.  Traveling  salesman. 
Raised  April  12,  1880. 

Joseph   Newton  Dunaway.     Farmer.     Grain  merchant. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 65 

Raised    August    2,    1880.      Senior    Warden 
1889.    Worshipful  Master  1899. 

James  Rolla  Chapman.  Officer  U.  S.  army.  Raised  Sep- 
tember 20,  1880.     Demitted  August  3,  1887. 

Richard  Farnsworth.  Farmer  and  stockman.  Affiliated 
April  3,  1 88 1. 

Henry  Peck.  Farmer  and  stockman.  Affiliated  April  3, 
1881. 

William  H.  Oilman.  Painter  and  contractor.  Raised 
April  II,  1881. 

John  W.  Glegg.  Plumber.  Raised  June  20,  1881.  Junior 
Steward  1882. 

William  E.  Prichard.  Horse  dealer.  Vice-president 
Ottawa  Banking  &  Trust  Co.  Civil  war  vet- 
eran. Affiliated  October  13,  1881.  Past 
Master  Marseilles  Lodge,  No.  417. 

William  Sheppard.  Veterinary  surgeon.  Affiliated  Oc- 
tober 17,  1 88 1. 

Thomas  Wilson  Dorr  Crane.  Lawyer.  Raised  Novem- 
ber 28,  1881.    Senior  Deacon  i882-'84. 

Walter  McDonald  Woodward.  School  teacher.  Law- 
yer. Raised  December  10,  1881.  Suspended 
N.  P.  D  April  2,  1888. 

Nathaniel  McDougall.  Drug  clerk.  Raised  December 
19,  1 88 1.    Died  March  5,  1890. 

Thomas  E.  MacKinlay.  Lawyer.  Raised  December  19, 
1 88 1.  Junior  Deacon  1883.  Treasurer  1887 
to  1895,  inclusive.  Demitted  December  10, 
1895. 

James  Milligan.  Merchant  tailor.  President  Ottawa 
Tailoring  Co.     Raised  December  19,   1881. 

George  W.  Green.  Tile  manufacturer.  Raised  December 
26,  188 1.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  November  18, 
1889.  Reinstated  July  4,  1904.  Demitted 
December  19,  1904. 


l66  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

John  E.  V.  Morse.  U.  S.  raihvay  mail  clerk.  Raised  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1882.     Demitted  January  20,  1890. 

WiLLARD  S.  Wheeler.  Photographer.  Civil  war  vet- 
eran. Raised  March  6,  1882.  Suspended  N. 
P.  D.  June  4,  1894. 

John  Green.  Tile  manufacturer.  Raised  March  9,  1882. 
Demitted  March  5,  1894. 

John  C.  Farnsworth.  Carriage  maker.  Raised  October 
2,  1882.     Senior  Steward  1887. 

William  H.  Stead.  Lawyer.  State's  Attorney.  Elected 
Attorney-General  of  Illinois  in  1904.  Raised 
October  7,  1882.     Junior  Warden  1885. 

Jesse  Emerson  Morgan.  Clerk.  Raised  October  16,  1882, 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  March  2,  1896. 

Simeon  G.  Gay.  Carriage  manufacturer.  One  of  the  lead- 
ing manufacturers  of  Ottawa.  Raised  De- 
cember 16,  1882. 

John  S.  Ryburn.  Physician.  Raised  December  18,  1882. 
Died  September  21,  1892. 

Garvey  Donaldson.  Photographer.  Affiliated  February 
19,  1883.    Demitted  November  15,  1886. 

Thomas  Reedy.  Warden  county  asylum.  Civil  war  vet- 
eran. Raised  April  7,  1883.  Died  March  4, 
1889. 

John  C.  Corcoran.  Harness  manufacturer.  Raised  May 
7,  1883.     Junior  Warden  1886. 

Louis  W.  Hess.  Baker.  Superintendent  electric  street  car 
line.  Ex-mayor  of  Ottawa.  Raised  October 
I,  1883.     Demitted  March  17,  1902. 

Joseph  A.  Wilson.  Photographer.  Raised  November  19, 
1883.  Junior  Deacon  1888.  Junior  Warden 
i889-'90.    Tyler  since  1905. 

Rector  Cass  Hitt.  Son  of  Col.  D.  F.  Hitt.  Lawyer. 
Raised  January  21,  1884.  Demitted  Febru- 
ary 17,  1890.     Affiliated  January  16,  1893. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE,  1 67 

Samuel  Caldwell.  Carpenter.  Affiliated  February  7, 
1884.  Junior  Steward  1886.  Junior  Deacon 
1887.    Demitted  April  18,  1897. 

John  Michael  Purrucker.  Carpenter,  U.  S.  railway 
mail  clerk.  Civil  war  veteran.  Raised  Feb- 
ruary II,  1884.     Demitted  February  4,  1889. 

Warren  C.  Riale.  Grocer,  Raised  April  7,  1884,  Sus- 
pended N,  P,  D,  May  19,  1902, 

Frederick  W.  Gay,   Traveling  salesman.   Raised  April  12, 

1884.  Died  May  6,  1892, 

Martin  C,  Hodgson,  Farmer  and  stock  raiser.  Raised 
May  19,  1884. 

John  Wesley  Johnson.  Received  Fellow  Craft  degree 
September  i,  1884. 

John  Dawdle  Hammond,  Traveling  salesman.  Raised 
September  15,  1884.  Suspended  N,  P,  D, 
June  7,  1897.  Reinstated  January  6,  1902. 
Demitted  February  16,  1903. 

William  H,  Watts,    Farmer,    Raised  December  i,  1884. 

Edward  H,  Roberts,  Clerk,  Affiliated  June  i,  1885. 
Demitted  February  i,  1897, 

Charles  H,  Angevine,      Farmer,      Raised   November   2, 

1885,  Suspended  N,  P,  D,  January  7,  1897. 

Charles  E,   Dunbar,      Farmer,     Raised   November   16, 

1885,  Junior  Warden  1887,     Suspended  N. 
P,  D,  September  19,  1904, 

Charles  Zeitler.  Silversmith.  Raised  November  21,  1885. 
Demitted  January  16,  1888. 

Charles  Schaulin.  Farmer,  Raised  November  28,  1885. 
Suspended  N,  P,  D,  July  16,  1900. 

Harry  E.  Rockwood,  Farmer.  Raised  December  5,  1885. 
Demitted  March  6,  1905. 

Joshua  P.  Rodgers.     Retired  farmer.     Raised  March   i, 

1886.  Senior   Warden    1902.      Worshipful 
Master  1903. 


l68  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Daniel  E.  Daly.  Traveling  salesman.  Raised  May  17, 
1886. 

George  M.  Trimble.  Bookkeeper  and  insurance.  Raised 
June  21,  1886. 

William  A.  Jeffery.  Carpenter  and  contractor.  Affiliated 
August  16,  1886.     Senior  Deacon  1887. 

Charles  B.  Vosburgh.  Clerk.  Raised  February  3,  1887. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  March  2,  1896.  Re- 
instated February  i,  1904. 

Charles  E.  Russell.  Insurance  agent.  Raised  March  3, 
1887.    Suspended  N.  P.  D.  May  7,  1892. 

James  Francis   Murphy.      Mechanic.      Raised   April   4, 

1887. 

Charles  E.  Hook.  Cashier  First  National  bank.  Ex- 
mayor  of  Ottawa.  Raised  April  26,  1887. 
Senior  Deacon  189 1.  Senior  Warden  1893. 
Treasurer  1896  to  1906,  inclusive. 

Ross  C.  Mitchell.  Clerk.  Raised  May  25,  1887.  Died 
October  6,  1887. 

William  McCombs.  Janitor  Reddick's  library.  Civil  war 
veteran.    Affiliated  October  3,  1887. 

Frank  B.  Logan.  Carpenter  and  contractor.  Raised  Oc- 
tober 17,  1887.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  May  19, 
1902. 

Louis  Degen.  Stock  dealer;  electrician.  Affiliated  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1888.     Demitted  March  3,  1902. 

James  E.  Cooke.  Insurance  agent.  Raised  April  30,  1888. 
Senior  Deacon -1889.  Senior  Warden  1890. 
Worshipful  Master  1891-92.  Demitted  Jan- 
uary 21,  1897. 

Clarence  Griggs.  Lawyer.  Raised  May  14,  1888.  Has 
served  as  County  Attorney  for  La  Salle  coun- 
ty for  several  years. 

A.  R.  Tressler.  Clerk.  Affiliated  June  4,  1888.  Demitted 
January  i,  1894. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 69 

William  H.  Knowles.  Foundry  and  machine  shop. 
Raised  June  9,  1888. 

Marshall  B.  Mitchell.  Cigar  manufacturer.  Son  of 
Bradford  C.  Mitchell.    Raised  June  11,  1888. 

John  Haws.  Retired.  Affiliated  January  7,  1889.  Died 
January  8,  1904. 

Augustus  Ives,  Jr.    Physician.    Raised  January  21,  1889. 

Charles  E.  Fisher.  Merchant.  Firm,  Fisher,  Myers  & 
Co.     Raised  February  11,  1888. 

Willis  Herbert  Ward.  Telephone  superintendent.  Affil- 
iated February  18,  1889.  Senior  Deacon 
1890.     Died  May  27,  1900. 

John  James  Withrow.  Merchant.  Raised  February  18, 
1889. 

William  Henry  Barnard.  China  store.  Raised  Febru- 
ary 23,  1889.  Junior  Deacon  1890.  Junior 
Warden  i89i-'92.    Worshipful  Master  1893. 

Henry  R.  Turner.  Upholsterer.  Affiliated  March  18, 
1889.     Demitted  January  6,  1890. 

John  J.  Tobias.  Clergyman.  Affiliated  April  i,  1889.  De- 
mitted March  3,  1890. 

Frederick  E.  Mayo.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  April  i,  1889. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  March  7,  1892. 

Abram  Cross  Godfrey.  Grocer.  Raised  April  29,  1889. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  May  19,  1902.  Rein- 
stated May  4,  1903.    Junior  Steward  1890. 

Alva  B.  Holmes.  Carriagemaker.  Affiliated  May  6,  1889. 
Senior  Steward  1896.  Junior  Deacon  1897- 
'98. 

Duncan  McDougall.  Lawyer.  Raised  May  28,  1889. 
Senior  Warden  i89i-'92. 

Henry  Waldecker.    Cigar  manufacturer.    Affiliated  June 

3,  1889. 
George  Adams  Forbes.     Traveling  salesman.    Vice-presi- 


170  THE  WHITE  APRON, 

dent  Ottawa  Tailoring  Co.     Raised  June  22, 
1889. 

Charles  Benton  Hess.   Capitalist.   Raised  June  29,  1889. 

Nathaniel  Earl  Degen.  Lawyer.  Raised  July  2,  1889. 
Demitted  January  7,  1901. 

John  J.  Carrick.  Clerk.  Raised  November  25,  1889. 
Junior  Deacon  1892.  Suspended  N.  P.  D. 
March  7,   1898. 

Hans  Gulbronson.  Piano  tuner.  Affiliated  January  6, 
1890. 

Philo  C.  Weaver.  Piano  tuner.  Affiliated  January  6, 
1890. 

Byron  F.  Maxon.  Bookkeeper.  Affiliated  January  6, 
1890.    Died  June  22,  1890. 

Royal  D.  McDonald.     Lawyer.     Affiliated  February  17, 

1890.  Past    Master    Acacia    Lodge    at    La 
Salle,  111.     Died  January  11,  1902. 

Charles  E.  Hills.  Druggist.  Affiliated  February  17, 
1890. 

William  C.  Weise.  Miller.  Raised  March  17,  1890.  Died 
February  6,  1897. 

LuMAN  Albert  Williams.  Lawyer  and  city  editor.  Raised 
March  31,  1890.  Junior  Deacon  1891.  Sen- 
ior Steward  1892.  Junior  Warden  1893. 
Senior  Warden  1894.  Worshipful  Master 
1895. 

Frank  Young  Herbert.     Dentist.     Raised  November  9, 

1891.  Senior  Deacon  1892. 

David  Lafayette  Grove.  Implements.  Raised  November 
30,  1891.    Died  December  14,  1896. 

Henry  Harrison  Long.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  November 
23,  189 1.     Demitted  December  18,  1893. 

Mathew  Scanlan.  Contractor.  Raised  March  28,  1892. 
Suspended  N.  P.  D.  June  4,  1894. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I7I 

Timothy  E.  Gapen.  Druggist.  Affiliated  April  20,  1891. 
Demitted  November  18,  1895. 

Adelbert  Thomas  Olmsted.  Dentist.  Raised  April  27, 
1 89 1.     Demitted  November  21,  1892. 

Clark   Brading    Provins.      Physician.      Raised    May   4, 

189 1.  Died  June  4,  1906. 

Jacob  Benner  Shuler.  Coal  dealer.  Raised  May  18, 
1891. 

Edward  Augustus  Nattinger.  Editor ;  postmaster.  Civil 
war  veteran.  Raised  June  i,  1891.  Died 
September  i,   1903. 

Isaac  B.  Baumgardner.     Tinner.     Raised  April  11,  1892. 

William  E.  W.  MacKinlay.  Student.  Veteran  Spanish- 
American  war.  Raised  April  25,  1892.  Is 
now  a  commissioned  officer  in  U.   S.  army. 

Charles  Sumner  Beckwith.  Traveling  salesman.  Rais- 
ed April  30,  1892.  Senior  Deacon  1893. 
Junior  Warden  1894.     Senior  Warden  1895. 

James  Briggs.  Druggist.  Affiliated  May  16,  1892.  De- 
mitted March  16,  1896. 

John  Raymond  Hoffman.  Son  of  Asa  Mann  Hoffman. 
Physician.     Raised  May  28,  1892. 

Leroy  L.  McKinley.  Lawyer;  school  teacher.  Affiliated 
July  6,  1892. 

Edgar  Goodrich  Dyer.     Student.     Raised  September  12, 

1892.  Demitted  October  18,  1897. 

Charles  Philander  Taylor.  Vice-president  National 
City  bank.     Raised  September  26,  1892. 

Foster  H.  McKenney.  Retired.  Affiliated  October  19, 
1892.     Tyler  i892-'94. 

James  M.  Trenary.     Retired.     Affiliated  November   16, 
1892.     Tyler  1895. 

Walter  F.  Weese.  Veterinary  surgeon.  Raised  Novem- 
ber 28,  1892. 


172  THE  WHITE  APRON, 

John  Wesley  Hackett.  Glass  blower.  Raised  December 
3,   1892.     Demitted  February   15,   1897. 

John  Albert  Dockter.    Glass  blower.     Raised  December 

19,  1892.     Demitted  March  18,  1895. 

Francis  Marion  Yentzer.  Traveling  salesman.  Sales 
manager  J.  E.  Porter  Co.  Raised  December 
31,  1892. 

Henry  Edgar  Gedney.  Horse  buyer.  Raised  January  9, 
1893.    Died  January  31,  1894. 

Jacob  Isaac  Warner.  Real  estate  and  insurance.  Raised 
January  26,  1893. 

Kimball  White  Leland.  Physician.  Raised  March  13, 
1893.  Demitted  September  3,  1900,  and  as- 
sisted in  organization  of  Utica  Lodge,  No. 
858,  Utica,  111. 

James  Norris  Downs.  Physician.  Affiliated  March  20, 
1893.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  May  4,  1903. 
Reinstated  Nov.  21,  1904. 

Arthur  Burling  Cole.  C,  B.  &  O.  station  agent.  Raised 
April  23,  1893.  Junior  Deacon  1895.  Senior 
Deacon  1899. 

Daniel  Douglass  Saylor.  Glass  packer.  Raised  April  24, 
1893.     Senior  Steward  1894. 

Thomas  Wilson  Burrows.  Physician.  Affiliated  July  3, 
1893. 

David  Refior.  Hardware  merchant.  Raised  September 
25,  1893.  Junior  Deacon  1894.  Senior  Dea- 
con  1895.     Junior  Warden   1896. 

MiLO  Putney.  Jeweler.  Raised  November  13,  1893.  De- 
mitted December  16,  1901. 

Clarence  Edward  Tryon.  Insurance.  Raised  November 
21,  1893.  Senior  Deacon  1894.  Junior  War- 
den 1895.     Senior  Warden  1896.     Died  June 

20,  1900. 


HISTORY   OF   OCCIDENTAL   LODGE.  I73 

Douglass  Lee  Dunavan.  Lawyer.  Raised  November  27, 
1893.     Demitted  January  21,  1901. 

Charles  J.  Yockey.  Sheriff  La  'Salle  county  i894-'97. 
Civil  war  veteran.  Affiliated  April  16,  1894. 
Died  December  27,  1902. 

Frederick  Lewis  Fischer.  Hardware  merchant.  Raised 
November  12,  1894. 

Matthew  W.  Bach.  Collar  manufacturer.  Raised  De- 
cember I,  1894. 

Arthur  S.  Hook.  Teller  and  bookkeeper.  Raised  Decem- 
ber 15,  1894. 

Wilbur  F.  Heath.  Clerk.  Affiliated  March  3,  1895. 
Demitted  December  18,  1899. 

Louis  W.  Merrifield.     Salesman.     Raised  May  4,  1895. 

William  D.  Fullerton.  Son  of  Thos.  C.  Fullerton.  Law- 
yer. Raised  June  i,  1895.  Senior  Deacon 
1896.  Senior  Warden  1897.  Worshipful 
Master  1898.  District  Deputy  Grand  Master 
since  1902. 

E.  S.  Jacobs.    Farmer.    Affiliated  June  17,  1895. 

Edgar  Eldredge.  Lawyer.  Raised  September  21,  1895. 
Junior  Deacon  1896.  Junior  Warden  1897. 
Elected  Judge  Circuit  Court  October,  1906. 

Everett  H.  Butterfield.  Physician.  Raised  Novem- 
ber 23,  1895. 

Elmer  E.  Gladfelter.  Furniture  dealer.  Raised  Febru- 
ary 24,  1896.     Senior  Deacon  1897. 

John  D.  Mackenzie.  Harnessmaker.  Raised  March  16, 
1896.  Suspended  N.  P.  D.  September  3, 
1900.     Reinstated  April  20,  1903. 

John  Hilliard.  Merchant.  Retired.  Civil  war  veteran. 
Raised  March  21,  1896. 

Harry  N.  Weber.  Tinner.  Raised  March  23,  1896.  Jun- 
iar  Warden  1901. 


174  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Adelbert  J.  Newell.  Grain  merchant.  Affiliated  Nov. 
1 8,  1895.  Worshipful  Master  i896-'97. 
Died  April  9,  1899.  During  his  short  resi- 
dence in  Ottawa  he  had  endeared  himself  to 
the  brethren. 

Hazen  Hay  ward.    Farmer.    Affiliated  February  17,  1896. 

H.  L.  Cawthorne.  Clergyman.  Affiliated  March  16, 
1896.     Demitted  February  19,  1906. 

Davis  N.  Shipman.  Paper  dealer.  Affiliated  March  16, 
1896.     Demitted  June  7,  1897. 

Samuel  S.  Pearson.  Hardware  merchant.  Civil  war  vet- 
eran.    Raised  April  13,  1896. 

Albert  T.  Lardin.  Lawyer.  Judge  Probate  Court. 
Raised  April  27,  1896. 

Charles  W.  Campbell.  Livery.  Raised  May  11,  1896. 
Junior  Warden  1898.     Senior  Warden  1899. 

John  L.  Morrison.     Clerk.    Affiliated  September  7,  1896. 

Simeon  Washington  Lauck.  Minister.  Initiated  Sep- 
tember  14,   1896.     No  further  record. 

Samuel  H.  Heidler.  Teacher.  Affiliated  October  5, 
1896.    Demitted  June  19,  1898. 

Elnathan  p.  Hatheway.  Physician.  Raised  Novem- 
ber 23,  1896. 

Enos  Ephraim  Palmer.  Physician.  Raised  November 
30,  1896. 

William  Briggs  Rowe.  Railway  mail  clerk.  Affiliated 
December  7,  1896.  Demitted  October  19, 
1903. 

Wilson  Hupp.  Retired  farmer.  Initiated  March  8,  1897. 
No  further  record. 

Calvin  D.  Phillips.  Merchant.  Raised  March  29,  1897. 
Died  August  7,  1903. 

Sylvester  Canfield.  Blacksmith  and  farmer.  Raised 
June  14,  1897. 


HISTORY    OF   OCCIDENTAL   LODGE.  1 75 

George  Craft  Dun  away.  Grain  buyer.  Raised  March  5, 
1897.    Junior  Deacon  1900. 

Edward  Webster  Bach.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  March  14, 
1897.  Senior  Warden  1903.  Worshipful 
Master  1904. 

Enoch  Yentzer,  Jr.    Electrician.    Raised  April  26,  1897. 

Irving  De  Forrest  Vincent.  Bookkeeper.  Flour  and 
feed  merchant.  Firm,  Hamilton  &  Vincent. 
Raised  October  18,  1897.  Demitted  Jan- 
uary 2,  1899.     Affiliated  September  4,  1899. 

Charles  Louis  Belrose.    Grain  buyer,  Wedron,  111.  Rais- 
ed November  29,  1897. 

Arthur  W.  Ladd.  Foreman.  Affiliated  December  20, 
1897. 

Harry  J.  Lee.    Organ  tuner.     Affiliated  May  2,  1898. 

Charles  G.  Deenis.  Veterinarv  surgeon.  Raised  May  9, 
1898. 

Henry  Phillips.     Circuit  Clerk.    Raised  August  i,  1898. 

Christian  Gasser.     Engineer.     Raised  October  i,  1898. 

Edward  Danyal  Ross.  Merchant.  Raised  October  24, 
1898. 

George  John  Kruse.  Plumber.  Raised  October  31,  1898. 
Demitted  October  5,  1903. 

Albert  Warren  Merrifield.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  No- 
vember 14,  1898.    Demitted  January  i,  1900. 

Angus  Ross  Mercer.  Superintendent  Silica  sand  works. 
Raised  November  28,  1898.  Senior  Steward 
1899.  Junior  Warden  1900.  Demitted  De- 
cember 19,  1904. 

Herbert  Charles  Wiley.  Attorney.  Raised  December 
2,  1898.  Junior  Steward  1899.  Senior  War- 
den 1900.     Worshipful  Master  1902. 

Harry  Gilman  Cook.  Attorney.  Raised  December  2, 
1898. 


176  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Albert  Clinton  Bradish.  Lumber  dealer.  Raised  Feb- 
ruary 27,  i(S99.     Junior  Steward  1901. 

Samuel  Baldwin  Bradford.  Cashier  Ottawa  Banking  & 
Trust  Co.  Raised  March  13,  1899,  Demit- 
ted  November  20,  1899.  AffiHated  March  2, 
1903.  Worshipful  Master  1905.  Commis- 
sioned Grand  Lecturer  1906. 

William  Herbert  Higby.  Druggist.  Captain  infantry 
during  war  with  Spain.  Affiliated  May  15, 
1899.      Worshipful    Master    i900-'oi. 

Charles  William  Weeks.  Music  teacher.  Raised  May 
29,  1899.     Demitted  October  21,  1901. 

Charles  Francis  Wilson.  Civil  engineer.  Raised  June 
12,  1899.  Junior  Steward  1900.  Senior 
Deacon  1901.    Junior  Warden  1902. 

William  H.  Gruhlkey.  Railroad  section  foreman.  Rais- 
ed July  10,  1899.  Senior  Steward  1900. 
Junior  Deacon  190 1. 

John  Bergeson.     Oculist.     Raised  June  15,  1900. 

William  Raley.  Upholsterer.  Affiliated  February  19, 
1900. 

William  F.  Jacobs.  Manufacturer.  Secretary  J.  E.  Por- 
ter Col     Affiliated  March  5,  1900. 

J.  D.  McCaughtry.  Minister.  Affiliated  March  19,  1900. 
Demitted  March  7,  1904. 

William  D.  Duncan.     Druggist.     Raised  April  23,  1900. 

Christopher  J.  Byrne.  Teacher  and  superintendent  of 
schools.  Affiliated  July  16,  1900.  Senior 
Deacon  1902. 

Ralph  Aylmer  Green.  Railway  mail  agent.  Raised  Sep- 
tember 24,  1900.    Junior  Deacon  1903. 

Robert  Lucien  Smith.  Railroad  freight  agent,  now  Dep- 
uty County  Treasurer.  Affiliated  November 
5,  1900. 


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John  Henry  Weaver.  Insurance  agent.  Raised  January 
14,  1901. 

William  Alfred  Dunaway.  Civil  engineer  and  County 
Surveyor.     Raised  February  i8,  1901. 

Henry  Fehr.  Physician.  Raised  February  21,  1901.  De- 
mitted  June  17,  1901. 

William  Sherman  Dick.  Engineer.  Affiliated  March  4, 
1901.     Demitted  December  2,  1901. 

Albert  Edmund  Herzog.  Physician.  Raised  March  18, 
1901. 

Eric  Larson.  Piano  maker.  Raised  April  29,  1901.  De- 
mitted December  18,  1905. 

Howard  Halsey  Bayne.  Attorney.  Raised  May  6,  1901. 
Chaplain  1903. 

George  Grant  Galloway.  Electrician.  Raised  May  20, 
1901. 

George  Philo  Hills.  Attorney.  Raised  September  25, 
1 90 1.     Junior  Warden   1903. 

William  Henry  Seward.  Clerk.  Raised  October  14, 
1901.     Senior  Steward  1902. 

Albert  Jay  Roberts.  Physician.  Raised  November  11, 
1901. 

John  L.  Clark.    Retired.    Affiliated  November  18,  1901. 
Otis  Bach.     Bookkeeper.     Raised  October  28,  1901. 

Samuel  Erastus  Bergeson.  Merchant.  Raised  Novem- 
ber 25,  1 90 1.    Demitted  March  19,  1906. 

NiCHOLAi  A.  Hauge.  Dentist.  Affiliated  December  16, 
1 90 1.  Suspended  N.  P.  D  April  17,  1905. 
Reinstated  October  16,  1905.  Demitted  No- 
vember 20,  1905. 

Herbert  Leroy  Pettitt.  Druggist.  Raised  December  30, 
1901. 

Douglas  Low  McKenney.  County  Clerk  La  Salle  coun- 
ty.   Raised  February  10,  1902. 


178  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Charles  M.  Buell.  Farmer.  Affiliated  February  17, 
1902.     Suspended  N.  P.  D.  June  5,  1905. 

Richard  Daniel  Mills.  Attorney.  Assistant  State's  At- 
torney. Raised  March  24,  1902.  Senior 
Warden  1906.  Acting  Master,  Master- 
elect  having  moved  from  jurisdiction. 

Herman  Silver  Blanchard.  Attorney.  Raised  April  14, 
1902.  Worshipful  Master  1906.  Commis- 
sioned Grand  Lecturer  1906. 

Frank  Leslie  Seward.  Druggist.    Raised  April  28,  1902. 

William  Willard  Harden.  Druggist.  Raised  May  5, 
1902.    Died  September  7,  1904. 

Benjamin  F.  Reeder.  Carpenter.  Affiliated  June  16, 
1902. 

Peter  McGilvary  Campbell.  Farmer.  Ice  dealer.  Rais- 
ed September  20,  1902. 

George  Henry  Ahlborn.  Carriage  trimmer.  Raised  Oc- 
tober 7,  1902.     Junior  Steward  1903. 

Albert  Morton  Shaw.  Physician.  Raised  October  13, 
1902. 

Edward  Justice  Belrose.  Clerk.  Initiated  October  20, 
1902.     No  further  record. 

Emil  J.   Hoffman.    Manufacturer.      Raised   October   27, 

1902.  Senior  Steward,  1903.  Junior  Dea- 
con 1904.  Senior  Deacon  1905.  Junior 
Warden  1906. 

Martin  Luther  Sample.  Hotel-keeper.  Raised  Febru- 
ary 9,  1903. 

Travers  Herbert  Barrett.  Dentist.  Raised  April  27, 
1903. 

Fred  Andrew  Bach,     Bookkeeper.     Raised  June  i,  1903. 

Earl   Wayne   Zibbell.      Bank   clerk.      Raised   June   22, 

1903.  Senior  Steward  1904.  Junior  Deacon 
1905.     Senior  Deacon  1906. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 79 

Charles  Gideon  Kelly.    Grocer.     Raised  June  29,  1903. 

Robert  J.  Reid.  Commission  agent.  Affiliated  July  6, 
1903. 

William  Beighel  Myers.  Merchant.  Firm,  Fisher,  My- 
ers &  Co.     Raised  July  13,  1903. 

James  Henry  Montieth.  Insurance  superintendent. 
Raised  September  28,  1903.  Senior  Deacon 
1904.    Junior  Warden  1905. 

Edward  Holbrook  Ashley.  Dentist.     Raised  October  i, 

1903.  Demitted  March  20,  1905. 

Harry  Wallace  Mitchell.  Electrician.  Raised  No- 
vember 9,  1903.  Senior  Steward  1905.  Jun- 
ior Deacon  1906. 

William  Scales.  Piano  maker.  Raised  February  8,  1904 
Junior  Steward  1906. 

Charles  Samuel  Eells.  Farmer.  Raised  February  8, 
1904. 

John  Low  Barnard,  Bookkeeper.  Raised  March  14,  1904. 
Senior  Steward  1906. 

John  Welch  Willard.  Insurance  superintendent.  Raised 
March  28,  1904. 

Albert  Frederick  Hornung.  Farmer.  Initiated  April 
18,  1904.     No  further  record. 

Louis  Edmund  Weidmann.     Merchant.    Initiated  May  9, 

1904.  No  further  record. 

Oscar  Frank  Weidmann.  Merchant.  Initiated  May  9, 
1904.     No  further  record. 

Ralph  Melvin  Cram.  Traveling  salesman.  Raised  May 
16,  1904. 

Robert  J.  W.  Briggs.  Veterinary  surgeon.  Affiliated  June 
6,  1904. 

Ellis  Seed.    Retired.    Affiliated  June  6,  1904. 

William  Huntington  Hull.  Merchant.  Firm,  Irion  & 
Hull.     Raised  October  10,   1904. 


l8o  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Edgar  Freeman  Bradford.  Laundryman.  Raised  Octo- 
ber ID,  1904. 

Walter  Garfield  Button.  Bookkeeper.  Raised  October 
31,  1904. 

Benjamin  Franklin  Trumbo.  Farmer.  Sheriff  La 
Salle  county  i903-'o6.  Raised  November 
28,  1904. 

Tom  Woods  Smurr.    Lawyer.    Raised  November  2S,  1904. 

Burdette  Elmerin  La  Due.  Spvecialist.  Affiliated  De- 
cember 5,  1904. 

Frank  Forest  Follett.  Lawyer.  Raised  December  26., 
1904. 

George  William  Harris  Dingman.  Farmer.  Raised 
January  9,  1905. 

James  Madison  Mekeel.  Contractor.  Affiliated  January 
16,  1905. 

Charles  Wallace  Long.  Farmer.  Raised  January  23, 
1905. 

William  Henry  Hinebaugh.  Lawyer.  Judge  County 
Court.     Raised  February  20,  1905. 

George  John  Waters.  Traveling  salesman.  Affiliated 
April  3,  1905. 

Walter  Elmer  Speckman.  Printer.  Raised  April  10, 
1905. 

Walter  Stephen  Bradford.  Confectioner.  Affiliated 
June  5,  1905. 

Charles  Lincoln  Gapen.  Druggist.  Lieutenant  Com- 
pany C,  war  with  Spain.  Raised  June  26. 
1905. 

Samuel  Emory  Clegg.  Steam  fitter.  Raised  June  26. 
1905. 

Troy  Wilson  Appleby.  Secretary  insurance  company. 
Raised  November  13,  1905. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  l8l 

Elmer  Ellsworth  Roberts.  Attorney.  Raised  January 
29,  1906. 

William  Sherman  Myers.  Salesman.  Affiliated  April 
2,  1906. 

Silas  Eclips  Kain.    Farmer.    Raised  April  9,  1906. 

David  Arthur  Cook,  Attorney.  Cashier  Central  Title 
&  Trust  Co.,  Geneseo,  111.  Raised  April  23, 
1906. 

William  Sumner  Watson.  Mechanic.  Raised  April  30, 
1906. 

John  Sedgwick  Rhoads.  Jeweler.  Raised  September  3, 
1906. 

Charles  Wesley  Nichols.  Piano  maker.  Initiated  De- 
cember 18,  1905. 

Carl  Volkenannt.  Blacksmith.  Raised  September  3, 
1906. 

Carl  Moody  Provins.     Farmer.    Raised  October  i,  1906. 

recapitulation. 
John  Dean  Caton  and  Milton  H.  Swift,  father  of  our 
esteemed  townsman,  Edward  C.  Swift,  were  raised  Decem- 
ber II,  1845.  This  was  the  first  work  in  Occidental  Lodge, 
and  it  was  done  while  the  Lodge  was  working  under  dispen- 
sation. Since  that  time,  to  October  10,  1906,  four  hundred 
and  fifty-six  brethren  were  raised  and  one  hundred  and 
seventy  affiliated  in  Occidental  Lodge,  making  a  total  mem- 
bership in  sixty  years  of  six  hundred  and  thirty-three,  an 
average  increase  of  more  than  eleven  members  each  year. 
The  average  raising  in  the  sixty  years  is  more  than  seven 
and  two-thirds,  a  record  not  excelled  outside  of  Chicago 
Lodges.  Of  this  fraternity  of  men,  two  hundred  and  fifty- 
three  demitted,  fifty-one  were  suspended  for  non-payment  of 
dues,  and  three  were  expelled.  Two^  of  those  expelled  were 
for  failure  to  answer  summons  to  pay  dues.    Death  claimed 


1 82  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

one  hundred  and  eleven  members,  which  left  eleven  of  the 
brethren  of  whom  I  was  unable  to  discover  how  their  mem- 
bership with  Occidental  Lodge  was  cancelled.  With  these 
deductions,  Occidental  Lodge  had,  on  the  tenth  day  of  Oc- 
tober, 1906,  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and  ninety- 
seven. 

Raised    456 

Affiliated    170 

626 

Demitted    253 

Suspended  N.  P.  D 51 

Expelled     3 

Dead     iii 

No  record    11 

Membership  October  10,  1906 197 

626 

In  the  above  tabulation  we  do  not  count  those  E.  A.s  or 
F.  C.s  who  never  advanced. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 83 


POLITICAL  AND  CIVIL  OFFICES 
Held  by  Members  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F. 

&  A.  M. 

JUDGES  supreme  COURT. 

John  Dean  Caton,  Chief  Justice. 
Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey,  Judge. 

Madison  E.  HolHster,  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Idaho. 

JUDGES   OF  THE  CIRCUIT  COURT. 

John  Dean  Caton,  i843-'48. 
Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey,  i849-'52. 
Madison  E.  HolHster,  i855-'66. 
Charles  Blanchard,  1887- 1906. 
Edgar  Eldredge,  1906  and  present  time. 

JUDGES  OF  THE  COUNTY   COURT. 

Henry  G.  Cotton,  Sr.,  1847. 

Patrick  M.  Killdufif,  Associate,  1847. 

William  Henry  Hinebaugh,  1892  to  present  time. 

JUDGES  OF  THE  PROBATE  COURT. 

Henry  G.  Cotton,  Sr.,  ex-officio,  1847. 
Albert  T.  Lardin,  1894  to  present  time. 

ATTORNEY  GENERALS  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS. 

Washington  Bushnell,  i868-'72. 

William  H.  Stead,  1904,  present  incumbent. 

MEMBERS  OF  NATIONAL  CONGRESS. 

Burton  C.  Cook,  1864  to  1871,  when  he  resigned  to  be- 
come solicitor  for  the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  railroad. 

William  Cullen,  i88o-'84. 

Burton  C.  Cook  was  a  member  of  the  Peace  Commission 
that  met  in  Washington  in  1861  to  try  to  avert  the  Civil  war. 


184  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

STATE  SENATORS. 

William  Stadden,  1839,  1840,  1841. 
William  Reddick,  1847,  1849,  185 1,  and  in  the  80s. 
Burton  C.  Cook,  1853,  1855,  1857,  1859. 
Washington  Bushnell,  1861,  1863,  1865,  1867. 

MEMBERS   OF   THE   LEGISLATURE. 

Abram  R.  Dodge,  i840-'4i. 

Joseph  Otis  Glover,  1847. 

Champlin  R.  Potter  (Ottawa  Lodge),  1853. 

Theodore  C.  Gibson,  1863. 

James  Clark,  1871. 

state's  ATTORNEYS. 

Seth  B.  Farwell,  1838,  1841,  1842. 

Burton  C.  Cook,  1846  to  1852. 

W.  H.  L.  Wallace,  1852  to  1857. 

Washington  Bushnell,  1857  to  1861. 

O.  C.  Gray,  substitute,  1858. 

David  P.  Jones,  1861  to  1864. 

Charles  Blanchard,  1865  to  1873. 

Henry  Mayo,  1872  to  1880;  also  County  Attorney  sev- 
eral years, 

W.  H.  Stead,  1896  to  1900. 

Clarence  Griggs  has  been  elected  County  Attorney  by 
the  Board  of  Supervisors  for  several  years  past. 

SHERIFFS. 

William  Stadden,  i834-'3S. 

Alson  Woodruff,  i836-'37. 

William  Reddick,  i838-'39. 

R.  Eaton  Goodell,  i85i-'53. 

Francis  J.  Warner,  1854,  '55,  '58,  '59. 

William  Cullen,  i865-'66. 

Hubert  A.  McCaleb,  i867-'68. 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 85 

Benjamin  Franklin  Trumbo,  i903-'o6. 
W.  L.  Milligan  was  chief  Deputy  Sheriff  under  his  fa- 
ther, W.  R.  MilHgan,  i883-'86. 

CLERKS  CIRCUIT   COURT. 

Lorenzo  Leland,  1 841 -'48. 
Philo  Lindley,  i846-'56. 
John  F.  Nash,  i857-'6i. 
Absalom  B.  Moore,  i862-'64. 
Roswell  W.  Holmes,  i876-'8o. 
Henry  Phillips,   i896-'o4. 

CLERKS  COUNTY  COURT. 

David  Walker,  i83i-'32. 

Maurice  Murphy,  vice  Joseph  Cloud,  deceased,  1842, 

Philo  Lindley,  i857-'6o. 

A.  B.  Moore,  i865-'68. 
H.  A.  McCaleb,  i873-'77. 

Douglas  L.  McKenney,   1898,  present  incumbent. 

COUNTY  TREASURERS. 

Lorenzo  Leland,  1836. 
Jabez  Fitch,  i839-'46. 

B.  B.  Fellows,  i852-'53. 
Jared  B.  Ford,  i854-'55. 
Samuel  R.  Lewis,  E.  A.,  i856-'59. 
George  S.  Stebbins,  i86o-'62. 

Asa  Mann  Hoffman  was  elected  Treasurer  in  1886,  and 
died  May  4,  1887. 

MAYORS. 

Patrick  M.  Killduff,  Mayor  of  Peru,  1838. 
David  Walker,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
J.  O.  Glover,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Milton  H.  Swift,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Julius  Avery,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 


1 86  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

John  Brooks  Rice,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Frank  F.  Brower,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
David  P.  Jones,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Samuel  Richolson,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Louis  W.  Hess,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 
Charles  E.  Hook,  Mayor  of  Ottawa. 

COUNTY  COMMISSIONERS. 

Benjamin  Thurston,  1835. 
Alson  Woodruff,  1840. 
Henry  G.  Cotton,  1849. 

Champlain  R.  Potter  and  Israel  C.  Cooper  were  commis- 
sioners who  divided  La  Salle  county  into  townships,  1850. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  187 


MY  OLD  HUNTING  HORN. 

[Written  in  1878  by  W.  L.  Milligan,  as  his  farev/ell  to  the  chase, 
a  sport  he  was  endeared  to  while  on  the  farm,  and  which  charms 
were  lost  with  the  death  of  his  hunting  horse,  Frank.] 

I. 

Your  mouthpiece  is  gone  and  your  luster  is  dim, 
Your  sides  are  all  dented  and  bad  broken  in, 
'Twould  be  a  vain  effort  to  waken  the  morn. 
With  such  a  cracked  instrument,  old  hunting  horn. 

II. 

Thro'  forests  and  wild-woods,  your  echoes  have  dwelled, 
Along  rolling  waters  your  anthems  have  swelled; 
To  call  from  pursuit  the  hounds  all  forlorn. 
Or  cheer  up  the  chase,  my  old  hunting  horn. 

III. 

'Way  over  green  fields  and  seared  meadows  you've  sang. 
Far  over  the  hills  and  thro'  valley  you've  rang; 
And  from  rock  to  rock  on  the  night  air  you've  borne 
The  sweetest  of  music,  my  old  hunting  horn. 

IV. 

For  a  moment  you'd  kiss  the  wild  ledges  on  high. 
And  then  your  soft  cadence  would  soar  to  the  sky, 
And  sing  songs  to  the  stars — returning  at  morn, 
To  waken  "old  Theron," — my  old  hunting  horn. 

V. 
Your  clear  ringing  notes  that  once  swelled  to  the  skies. 
Are  now,  my  old  horn,  but  low  whispering  sighs. 
Ah,  yes,  you've  grown  old;  the  Vermillion  would  scorn 
To  prolong  your  faint  echoes,  my  old  hunting  horn. 

VI. 
I'll  wind  you  no  more,  you're  faltering  in  sound, 
You've  lost  your  rich  tenor  to  call  in  the  hound, 
Your  strains  so  elysian,  no  more  on  the  morn. 
Will  startle  old  Reynard,  my  old  hunting  horn. 


l88  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  WHITE  APRON  AND  THE  SWORD. 

Major  General  Joseph  Warren,  who  was  slain  at  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  was  a  Freemason  and  the  Grand 
Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  and  it  is  sig- 
nificant that  this  was  the  first  grand  offering  of  American 
Freemasonry  at  the  altar  of  liberty,  and  the  ground  floor  of 
the  temple  of  the  American  union  was  bloodstained  at  the 
eastern  gate.  On  this  same  day,  Washington  was  elected 
commander-in-chief  of  the  American  army.  Washington 
was  made  a  Mason  in  Frederickburg's  Lodge,  Virginia,  in 
August,  1753.  He  was  offered  the  Grand  Mastership  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Virginia  in  1779,  but  declined  the 
honor.  He,  however,  accepted  the  office  of  Master  of  Alex- 
andria Lodge,  No.  22,  in  1788.  On  the  30th  day  of  April, 
1789,  he  was  sworn  in  as  President  of  the  United  States  on 
the  bible  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  New  York.  He  officiated  as 
Grand  Master  pro  tem.  in  laying  the  corner  stone  of  the 
capitol  at  Washington  in  1793.  He  died  in.  1799,  and  was 
buried  with  Masonic  honors  December  18,  1799. 

The  familiar  words,  "First  in  war,  first  in  peace,  and 
first  in  the  hearts  of  his  countrymen,"  which  described  the 
estimation  in  which  he  was  regarded  by  his  countrymen. 
were  expressed  by  Major  General  Henry  Lee,  a  Member 
of  Congress,  and  a  Freemason,  in  his  Masonic  oration  on 
December  26,  1799,  the  day  Congress  paid  a  national  tril> 
ute  to  the  memory  of  Washington. 

General  Washington  presided  and  conferred  the  degrees 
of  symbolic  Masonry  on  General  LaFayette,  in  a  military 
Lodge  at  Valley  Forge,  in  the  winter  of  1777. 

Brigadier  General  Richard  Montgomery  was  a  Freema- 
son. He  entered  the  American  army  as  Brigadier  General, 
and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Quebec  December,  1775. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  189 

Major  General  David  Wooster  was  a  Freemason.  He 
was  both  a  naval  and  military  hero  for  over  forty  years. 
He  served  in  the  armies  and  navies  of  Spain,  France  and 
England,  and  as  Major  General  in  the  American  army  was 
mortally  wounded  while  leading  an  attack  on  the  British 
troops  in  1777. 

Richard  Caswell  led  the  troops  under  General  Gates  at 
the  battle  of  Camden  in  1780.  He  was  a  Freemason,  and 
afterwards  Governor  of  North  Carolina,  and  Grand  Master 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Freemasons  of  the  same  state. 

Mordecai  Gist  was  a  Freemason.  He  foiight  for  his 
country  from  the  commencement  to  the  close  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary war.  He  was  Master  of  Army  Lodge,  No.  27,  and 
president  of  the  convention  of  Masons  from  the  Military 
Lodge  of  Morristown,  New  Jersey,  and  finally  Grand  Mas- 
ter of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Georgia. 

James  Jackson  served  with  distinction  in  the  continental 
army.  He  afterwards  became  Governor  and  Grand  Master 
of  Georgia. 

Morgan  Lewis,  who  as  chief  of  the  staff  of  General 
Gates  accompanied  him  in  the  campaign  of  1776  and  in  the 
war  of  18 1 2,  commanded  a  division  of  the  American  army, 
was  Governor  of  New  York  in  1804,  and  Grand  Master  of 
Masons  of  New  York  from  1830  until  his  death  in  1844. 

Irsael  Putnam  commanded  a  regiment  in  the  expedition 
which  captured  Havana,  and  was  a  prominent  figure  in  the 
war  of  the  Revolution.  His  tombstone  bears  the  inscrip- 
tion :     "He  dared  to  lead  where  any  dared  to  follow." 

Rufus  Putnam,  "the  father  of  the  northwest,"  was  for 
some  time  chief  engineer  of  the  American  army,  and  com- 
manded a  brigade  under  General  Wayne  in  1792.  He  was 
made  a  Mason  in  "American  Union  Lodge"  in  1779,  and 
elected  Grand  Master  of  Ohio  in  1808. 


190  THE   WHITE  APRON. 

John  Sullivan,  one  of  the  most  famous  of  the  Generals 
of  the  Revolution,  was  elected  Governor  of  New  Hamp- 
shire in  1786,  and  Grand  Master  in  1789. 

Anthony  Wayne,  whose  popular  title  was  "Mad  An- 
thony," won  great  renown  by  his  capture  of  Stony  Point, 
New  York,  only  bayonets  being  used.  He  succeeded  St. 
Clair  in  command  of  the  Western  army  and  gained  a  bril- 
liant victory  over  the  Miami  Indians  in  1794.  A  monument 
to  his  memory  was  erected  by  the  Masoiiic  fraternity  at 
Stony  Point  in  1857. 

The  Baron  de  Kalb,  mortally  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Camden,  was  buried  with  military  and  Masonic  honors  by 
his  victorious  enemies. 

Count  Casimir  Pulaski,  the  famous  cavalry  leader,  kill- 
ed at  Charleston  in  1779,  was  a  Mason. 

Commodore  James  Nicholson,  an  active  member  of  the 
fraternity,  was  placed  in  1776  at  the  head  of  the  list  of  cap- 
tains in  the  Continental  navy,  a  position  which  he  retained 
until  the  close  of  the  war.  His  brothers,  Samuel  and  John, 
were  alsO'  Masons  and  naval  captains. 

Stephen  Decatur  was  a  member  of  the  same  Lodge  as 
Commodore  James  Nicholson,  and,  like  the  latter,  a  captain 
in  the  United  States  navy  from  its  first  establishment. 

Commodore  Edward  Preble,  a  member  of  the  ''Ancient 
Landmark  Lodge,"  in  Portland,  Maine,  entered  the  navy  in 
1779,  and  commanded  the  American  squadron  at  the  bom- 
bardment of  Tripoli  in  1804. 

Commodore  Whipple  was  a  member  of  the  "American 
Union  Lodge"  during  the  early  days  at  Marietta.  He  burn- 
ed the  Gaspe  in  1772,  and  was  one  of  the  most  brilliant  of- 
ficers of  the  land  or  sea  service. 

General  Andrew  Jackson  at  various  times  commanded 
armies  in  the  field,  but  is  best  known  in  connection  with  his 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I9I 

decisive  victory  over  the  British  at  New  Orleans  in  1815, 
which  put  an  end  tO'  the  war.  He  subsequently  became 
President  of  the  United  States  and  Grand  Master  of  Ten- 
nessee. 

General  William  H.  Winder,  who  commanded  on  the 
losing  side  at  Blandensburg,  the  other  eventful  battle  of  the 
war  of  1812,  was  elected  Grand  Master  of  Maryland  in 
1821. 

General  Stephen  Austin,  the  liberator  of  Texas,  and 
"Sam"  Houston,  the  recognized  hero'  of  the  Texas  war  of 
independence,  were  Freemasons ;  also  Colonel  David  Crock- 
ett, backwoodsman  and  Member  of  Congress,  who  fought 
on  the  same  side,  and  after  a  hard  siege,  surrendered  to  Gen- 
eral Santa  Anna,  by  whose  order  he  was  put  tO'  death  with 
the  other  survivors  in  1836.  [Robert  Yates  Gibson,  broth- 
er of  Bro.  Theodore  C.  Gibson,  of  Occidental  Lodge,  was 
slain  with  Crockett  and  his  brave  followers  at  the  massacre 
of  the  Almo.] 

William  J.  Worth  served  during  the  last  war  with  Eng- 
land, and  was  present  at  the  actions  of  Chrystler's  Farm, 
Chippewa  and  Lundy's  Lane.  In  1842  he  commanded  the 
army  which  defeated  the  hostile  savages  in  Florida,  and 
subsequently  distinguished  himself  in  the  battles  of  the 
Mexican  war.  A  monument  was  dedicated  to^  his  memory 
by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York  in  1857. 

John  A.  Quitman,  Grand  Master  of  Mississippi,  com- 
manded a  division  of  General  Scott's  army,  and  when  the 
city  of  Mexico  was  taken,  he  was  made  its  Governor  until 
peace  was  proclaimed. 

The  brethren  holding  high  rank  during  the  Civil  war 
were  very  numerous.  Among  them  were  John  A.  Rawlins, 
Eli  S.  Parker,  a  Seneca  Indian,  and  William  R.  Rowley,  on 
the  staff  of  General  Grant ;  John  Corson  Smith,  Lieutenant- 


192  THE   WHITE  APRON. 

Governor  and  Grand  Master  of  Illinois ;  and  the  following 
brethren  commanded  armies  in  the  field :  George  B.  Mc- 
Clellan,  Winfield  Scott  Hancock,  whose  bayonet  charge  at 
Williamsburg  won  from  McClellan  the  compliment,  which 
became  proverbial,  that  "Hancock  was  superb,"  N.  P. 
Banks,  John  A.  McClernand,  John  A.  Logan,  George  E. 
Pickett,  who  led  the  famous  final  assault  on  the  Union  lines 
at  Gettysburg  in  1863 ;  Robert  E.  Patterson  and  Benjamin 
F.  Butler,  against  whose  life  a  plot  was  formed  by  Confed- 
erate prisoners,  but  given  up  on  their  learning  that  he  was 
a  Freemason.  Among  the  Masonic  veterans  of  the  war, 
General  James  A.  Garfield  and  Major  William  IMcKinley 
were  elected  Presidents  of  the  United  States.  General  Robt. 
Anderson,  of  Fort  Sumpter  fame,  and  Albert  Pike,  scholar, 
orator,  poet  and  man  of  letters,  were  also  of  the  fraternity. 
The  valuable  library  of  the  latter,  at  Little  Rock,  Arkansas, 
was  about  to  be  destroyed  by  the  Federal  troops  during  the 
Civil  war,  but  General  Thomas  H.  Benton  (Grand  Master  of 
Iowa),  in  command  of  the  Union  forces,  interposed,  and 
by  making  the  house  his  headquarters,  not  only  preserved 
the  library  but  also  the  residence. 

General  Nelson  A.  Miles,  Indian  fighter,  and  for  several 
years  commander  of  the  American  army,  and  General  Rus- 
sel  A.  Alger,  Secretary  of  War  during  the  war  with  Spain, 
were  meml^ers  of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  General  George  M. 
Moulton,  who  commanded  a  brigade  during  the  war  with 
Spain,  was  afterwards  Grand  Master  of  Masons  of  Illinois. 
Many  prominent  officers  of  the  army  and  navy,  who  took 
part  in  that  short  conflict,  are  Freemasons,  and  among  them 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  President  of  the  United  States,  and 
General  William  R.  Shafter  (recently  deceased)  and  Ad- 
miral Schley,  the  former  commanding  the  American  land 
forces  before  Santiago  and  the  latter  the  squadron  which 
performed  such  brilliant  service  off  the  coast. 


UBRARY 

OF  THE 

UNIVERSITY  or  ILLiflOlS 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I93 

In  reviewing  the  roll  of  members  of  Occidental  Lodge, 
No.  40,  we  point  with  pride  to  the  long  roll  of  patriotic 
brethren  who'  responded  to  their  country's  call  and  offered 
their  lives  a  sacrifice  upon  the  battlefields  of  Mexico,  the 
sunny  South,  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  the  Phillipines. 

Like  God's  own  voice,  in  after  years, 

Resounds  the  warrior's  fame, 
Whose  soul  his  hopeless  country  cheers, 

Who  is  its  noblest  name. 

ALBERT  PIKE. 

William  Osman,  the  Masonic  patriarch,  and  venerable 
editor  of  the  Ottawa  Free  Trader,  fought  gallantly  at  the 
battle  of  Buena  Vista  in  the  war  with  Mexico. 

General  W.  H.  L.  Wallace,  Past  Master  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  commanded  a  company  in  Colonel  Hardin's  regi- 
ment in  the  war  with  Mexico.  In  1861  he  raised  the  Elev- 
enth regiment  Illinois  infantry,  and  for  gallantry  at  the  bat- 
tle of  Fort  Donelson  was  promoted  Brigadier  General.  He 
was  mortally  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Shiloh,  and  died  April 
8,  1862,  with  the  rank  of  Major  General. 

Colonel  Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey  was  a  member  of  Occi- 
dental Lodge.  In  1846  he  commanded  a  company  of  in- 
fantry in  Colonel  Hardin's  regiment  in  the  Mexican  war. 
He  raised  and  commanded  the  Fourth  regiment  of  cavalry 
during  the  Civil  war  and  was  a  gallant  and  dashing  cavalry 
leader.  He  was  made  chief  of  cavalry  on  General  Grant's 
staff.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  elected  one  of  the 
Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois. 

Colonel  Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt,  a  member  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  was  the  hero  of  three  wars,  the  Black  Hawk,  Mex- 
ican and  Civil,  and  distinguished  himself  for  fearlessness 
and  heroic  achievements.  He  commanded  the  Fifty-third 
Illinois  during  the  Civil  war. 

M 


194  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

The  three  brothers,  Wilham  L.,  Theodore  C.  and  John 
Fletcher  Gibson,  were  all  in  the  Mexican  war.  Their  fa- 
ther, John  Gibson,  was  a  Captain  of  Pennsylvania  troops 
during  the  war  of  1812.  William  L.  was  Lieutenant 
Colonel,  and  Theodore  C.  was  Major  of  the  Fifty-third  dur- 
ing the  Civil  war.  They  were  among  the  first  to  answer 
their  country's  call  and  raised  companies  for  the  Eleventh 
Illinois  infantry. 

John  Morrill,  E.  C.  Henshaw,  David  R.  Gregg,  O.  C. 
Gray  and  Bradford  C.  Mitchell,  father  of  our  worthy 
brother  Marshall  B.  Mitchell,  fought  Santa  Anna  at  Buena 
Vista,  and  shared  the  glories  of  victory  with  others  whom 
we  have  named  in  the  war  with  Mexico. 

Still,  still  our  glorious  banner  waves, 

Unstained  by  flight  or  shame, 
And  the  Mexicans  among  their  hills  still 

Tremble  at  our  name. 
So  honor  unto  those  that  stood! 
Disgrace  to  those  that  fled! 
And  everlasting  glory  unto  Buena  Vista's  dead! 

ALBERT   PIKE. 

Douglas  Hapeman,  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge,  was 
the  beloved  and  gallant  Colonel  of  the  One  Hundred  Fourth 
regiment  during  the  Civil  war. 

J.  H.  Widmer  was  Major  of  the  same  regiment.  Colonel 
A.  B.  Moore  was  the  first  Colonel  of  the  One  Hundred 
Fourth.     They,  too,  were  members  of  Occidental  Lodge. 

John  Morrill,  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge,  was 
Colonel  of  the  Sixty-fourth  Illinois  infantry,  and  for  gal- 
lantry was  brevetted  Brigadier  General.  He  was  also  in 
the  war  with  Mexico. 

Joanis  O.  Harris  was  Surgeon  of  the  Fifty-third,  and 
Reuben  F.  Dyer,  Surgeon  of  the  One  Hundred  Fourth  dur- 
inf^  the  Civil  war. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I95 

Hubert  A.  McCaleb  was  Colonel  of  a  regiment  of  infan- 
try.    He,  too,  was  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge. 

Philo  Lindley  was  Quartermaster  of  the  Fifty-third  Illi- 
nois during  the  Civil  war^  a  Past  Master  of  Occidental 
Lodge. 

E.  C.  Henshaw  and  Charles  Houghtaling  were  Captains 
of  artillery. 

Thomas  C.  Fullerton,  Moses  Osman,  Frank  G.  King, 
Leman  A.  Rising,  Patrick  Ryan  and  E.  H.  Smith  were 
Captains.  Arthur  L.  Wagner  and  James  Rolla  Chapman, 
graduates  of  West  Point,  were  distinguished  officers  in  the 
regular  army.  W.  H.  Higby  was  Captain  of  Company  A, 
Third  Regiment,  Illinois  National  Guard,  and  C.  L.  Gapen 
and  W.  E.  W.  MacKinlay  were  in  Company  C,  Illinois 
National  Guard,  in  the  war  with  Spain  in  1898.  W.  E. 
W.  MacKinlay  is  now  an  officer  in  the  regular  army. 

Other  veterans  of  the  Civil  war  who'  were  members  of 
Occidental  Lodge  were: 

David  Batcheller.  Edward  L.  Herrick. 

Henry  P.  Brunker.  John  Hilliard. 

George  J.  Burgess.  Geo.  W.  Hyde. 

Thomas  I.  Conger.  David  Krouse. 

David  A.  Cook.  J.  F.  Marriner. 

Frank  J.  Crawford.  Henry  Mayo. 

James  R.  Cross.  Wm.  McCombs. 

Wm.  G.  Earl.  Wm.  A.  McCullom. 

Frank  C.  Flora.  John  L.  Morrison. 

Joseph  Ford.  E.  A.  Nattinger. 

George  W.  Fuchs.  Samuel  S.  Pearson. 

Wm.  P.  Gregg.  Charles  E.  Pettit. 

Sheldon  B.  Griswold.  Samuel  W.  Porter. 

Wesley  B.  Hall.  Ira  Potter. 

S.  I.  Haney.  W.  E.  Prichard. 


196  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

John  M.  Piirrticker.  Wm.  K.  Stewart. 

Thomas  Reedy.  Willard  S.  Wheeler. 

John  H.  Shepherd.  Charles  J.  Yockey. 
J.  B.  Smith. 

In  a  few  more  years  they  will  all  be 
Under  the  sod  and  the  dew, 

Waiting  the  judgment  day; 
Under  the  rose  the  blue, 

Under  the  lilies  the  gray. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  I97 


CHARITY. 

Foot  to  foot,  on  mercy's  errand. 

When  we  hear  a  Mason  cry, 
Hungry,  thirsty,  naked,  homeless. 

Let  us  heed  and  let  us  fly. 
And  what'er  his  pain  or  grief. 

Quick  with  bread  to  feed  the  hungry, 

Quick  with  raiment  for  the  naked. 

Quick  with  shelter  for  the  homeless, 

Quick  with  God's  own   sympathy. 

A  reference  to  the  records  of  Occidental  Lodge  will  re- 
veal the  fact  that  Occidental  Lodge,  in  a  commendable  de- 
gree, responded  tO'  the  call  of  distress  and  all  worthy  Ma- 
sonic charities. 

Appeals  for  assistance  from  worthy  sources  always  ap- 
peal to  the  charity  of  Occidental  Lodge,  and  liberal  amounts 
are  contributed  and  charged  up  to  the  charity  fund. 

Occidental  Lodge  took  an  active  part  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home  in  1885.  The 
author  of  this  work,  while  Master  in  1884,  in  his  annual  ad- 
dress tO'  Occidental  Lodge,  laid  special  stress  on  the  neces- 
sity of  a  home  for  the  widows  and  orphans  of  Freemasons, 
and  called  the  Lodge's  attention  tO'  the  wonderful  accom- 
plishment of  the  Masonic  Orphan's  Home  of  Kentucky,  of 
which  he  was  an  annual  contributor,  and  also  of  similar  in- 
stitutions in  other  Grand  Masonic  jurisdictions,  including 
the  Masonic  Male  and  Female  schools  of  England  and  Ire- 
land. 

A  committee  was  appointed  at  this,  the  annual  commu- 
nication in  1884,  to  prepare  and  present  a  memorial  to  the 
Grand  Lodge,  praying  that  body  to  take  the  necessary  steps 
to  endow  such  an  institution.  It  was  not  a  new  subject  to 
present  to  the  Grand  Lodge  for  its  favorable  consideration. 


198  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

for  it  had  been  a  live  and  engrossing  topic  among  the  craft 
for  more  than  thirty  years. 

The  committee  appointed  by  Occidental  Lodge  never  had 
an  opportunity  tO'  present  the  memorial  of  Occidental  Lodge 
to  the  Grand  Lodge,  because  of  the  active  work  of  the 
brethren  of  Chicago  Lodges,  who,  on  the  i  ith  day  of  March, 
1885,  secured  articles  of  incorporation  from  the  Secretary 
of  State,  and  proceeded  to  organize 

The  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home. 

On  the  20th  of  April,  1885,  a  meeting  of  the  promoters 
was  held  in  the  parlors  of  St.  Bernard  Commandery,  No. 
35,  K.  T.,  when  a  formal  organization  was  effected.  The 
author  of  this  work,  then  Master  of  Occidental  Lodge,  was 
present,  and  pledged  the  support  of  Occidental  Lodge,  and 
was  among  the  first  to  contribute  toward  the  worthy  pro- 
ject, and,  in  recognition  thereof,  holds  life  membership  cer- 
tificate number  one. 

At  this  meeting  a  code  of  by-laws  was  adopted  and  the 
following  officers  elected : 

George  M.  Moulton,  President. 

Henry  Turner,  Vice-President. 

Gil.  W.  Barnard,  Secretary. 

Wiley  M.  Egan,  Treasurer. 

George  W.  Warvell,  Counsel. 

Trustees:  Henson  Robinson,  Chas.  A.  Moses,  D.  H. 
McDonald,  Herschel  W.  Dryer,  George  M.  Moulton,  Thos. 
E.  Miller,  S.  T.  Gunderson,  Geo.  W.  Warvell,  John  J. 
Badenoch,  Gorman  B.  Coffin,  John  A.  Crawford,  Henry 
Turner. 

Board  of  Visitation:  Dr.  W.  A.  Stevens,  of  Chicago, 
and  P.  W.  Barclay,  of  Cairo,  for  one-year  term.  L.  L. 
Munn,  of  Freeport,  and  James  G.  Elwood,  of  Joliet,  for 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  1 99 

two-year  term,  and  Norman  T.  Cassette,  of  Chicago,  and 
W.  L.  Milligan,  Ottawa,  for  the  three-year  term. 

At  the  first  annual  meeting  of  the  IlHnois  Masonic  Or- 
phans' Home,  held  in  the  Armory  of  Apollo  Commandery, 
No.  I,  K.  T.,  March  9,  1886,  in  his  annual  report,  delivered 
on  this  occasion,  the  president,  brother  Ceorge  M.  Moulton, 
had  this  to  say  about  Occidental  Lodge : 

"You  will  notice  that  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  located 
at  Ottawa,  is  the  banner  lodge,  by  a  large  majority,  so  far 
as  membership  in  this  Association  is  concerned,  embracing 
as  it  does  in  its  fold  ninety-eight  active  members  and  four 
life  members.  The  brethren  of  Occidental  Lodge  are  no 
different  from  the  craft  elsewhere  in  the  state.  They  are 
not  any  more  wealthy  or  inclined  to  giving  for  charitable 
purposes.  The  gratifying  result  stated  is  simply  the  result 
of  a  worthy  brother's  persistent  effort  for  a  few  weeks 
among  the  fraters.  Brother  W.  L.  Milligan,  with  the  in- 
terest of  the  Association  at  heart,  canvassed  thoroughly  his 
Lodge,  and,  as  a  result,  we  have  an  income  from  that  Lodge 
of  nearly  $100.00  annually  (this  did  not  include  the  four 
life  members,  $200.00),  sufficient  for  the  entire  support  of 
one  orphan.  If  there  were  in  every  Lodge  in  the  state  as 
earnest  a  worker  as  brother  Milligan,  our  absolute  unquali- 
fied success  would  not  be  a  matter  of  conjecture." 

The  brethren  who  contributed  $50.00  each  and  received 
certificates  of  life  membership,  were  W.  L.  Milligan,  Daniel 
F.  Hitt,  Asa  Mann  Hoffman  and  John  D.  Hammond.  At 
this  meeting,  Alex  T.  Darrah,  of  Bloomington,  then  Crand 
Master,  A.  B.  Ashley,  Kewanee,  Jacob  Krohn,  Freeport, 
and  W.  L.  Milligan,  of  Ottawa,  were  elected  as  trustees  for 
the  three-year  term.  (W.  L.  Milligan  was  subsequently  re- 
elected for  a  second  three-year  term.)  A  sum  of  $10,000.00 
was  appropriated  for  the  purchase  of  a  site  for  the  home, 
should  such  purchase  become  necessary  during  the  year. 

A  suitable  property  and  buildings  was  subsequently  pur- 
chased at  the  cornor  of  Sheldon  and  Carrol  avenues,  and 


200  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

was  formerly  dedicated  by  the  Grand  Lodge,  October  7, 
1886,  and  the  Ilhnois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home  soon  became 
a  credit  and  an  honor  to  the  promoters,  and  yet  the  Grand 
Lodge  had  no  connection  with  it  whatever. 

April  7,  1888,  brother  Robert  A.  Miller,  a  resident  of 
Moultrie  county,  Illinois,  executed  a  will,  bequeathing  to  the 
Masonic  Grand  Lodge  of  the  state  of  Illinois  a  tract  of  land 
of  264  acres,  located  one  and  three-quarters  miles  from  the 
city  of  Sullivan,  upon  condition  that  said  Grand  Lodge  shall 
cause  to  be  erected  and  maintained  thereon  a  suitable  home 
for  such  widows  and  orphans  of  Masons,  as  said  Grand 
Lodge  may,  from  time  to  time,  designate,  reserving  only  a 
life  estate  for  his  wife.  Brother  Robert  A.  Miller  died  in 
189 1.  Mrs.  Miller  died  August  20,  1891,  thus  leaving  the 
property  free  to  come  into  possession  of  the  Grand  Lodge  if 
it  would  accept  it  under  the  provisions  of  the  will.  Should 
the  Grand  Lodge  refuse  to  accept  the  property  it  then  would 
have  become  the  property  of  Moultrie  county. 

Through  the  untiring  efforts  of  brother  George  M.  Moul- 
ton,  Grand  Master,  the  Grand  Lodge  accepted  the  property 
at  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  Octo- 
ber, 1902,  and  erected  thereon  a  Masonic  Home,  and  on 
the  Grand  Lodge  formally  accepting  this  property,  and  build- 
ing a  Masonic  Home  thereon,  the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans' 
Home  of  Chicago  was  transferred  to  the  management  of 
the  Grand  Lodge,  under  the  following  conditions : 

"The  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home  required  as  con- 
ditions precedent  to  the  transfer  of  their  property,  and  the 
rights  of  which  it  may  be  possessed,  that  the  principal  sum 
of  the  endowment  fund,  amounting  to  approximately  $30,- 
000,  be  kept  intact,  and  that  only  the  interest  accruing  there- 
from be  expended  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  object  for 
which  said  corporation  was  organized,  also  the  further  con- 
dition that  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  will  continuously  main- 
tain a  home  at  or  near  the  city  of  Chicago,  for  the  orphan 


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children  of  deceased  Master  Masons  of  this  jurisdiction,  and 
that  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge  will  pledge  itself  to  contin- 
uously administer  the  trust  now  devolving  upon  the  Illinois 
Masonic  Orphans'  Home,  the  equivalent  in  all  respects  as  it 
has  been  heretofore  administered." 

The  funds  of  the  Illinois  Masonic  Home  for  the  aged, 
approximately  $9,000,  were  also  transferred  to  the  M.  W. 
Grand  Lodge,  upon  condition  that  the  principal  sum  be  kept 
intact  as  a  permanent  fund,  and  only  the  interest  accruing 
therefrom  be  expended  in  the  accomplishment  of  the  object 
for  which  said  Illinois  Masonic  Home  for  the  aged  was 
organized. 

The  reports  to  the  Grand  Lodge  in  October,  1906, 
showed  that  sixty-six  children  were  being  cared  for  and 
educated  by  the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  at  Chicago,  and 
fifty-five  old  people  were  being  cared  for  and  made  as  com- 
fortable as  possible  in  their  declining  years  in  the  Masonic 
Home  at  Sullivan,  Illinois. 


CHAPTER  III. 


THE  DEAD. 

For  I  say  that  those  who  have  Hved  well  are  still  living, 
rather  than  those  are  who  lead  ill  lives. 

— EURIPIDES. 

He  mourns  the  dead  who  lives  as  they  desire. 

— YOUNG. 


In  compiling  the  roll  of  our  fraternal  dead,  for  all  of 
whom  we  mourn,  we  found  so  many  who  were  distinguish- 
ed in  military  and  civil  life  and  Masonic  standing  that  It 
may  seem  invidious  to  make  special  mention  of  any,  yet 
there  were  some  who  were  so  conspicuous  in  military  fame 
and  distinguished  in  the  civil  affairs  of  our  country  and  ac- 
tive in  Masonic  circles,  that  in  justice  to  their  memory  an 
epitome  of  their  biography,  reciting  their  military  prowess, 
the  glory  of  their  intellectual  worth,  and  the  beauty  of 
moral  merit  that  adorned  their  homes  and  sanctified  their 
Masonic  and  domestic  relations,  should  be  inscribed  as  a 
tribute  to  their  memory  on  the  pages  of  the  history  of  Occi- 
dental Lodge. 


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204  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN   MEMORIAM. 

[By  Norman  T.  Cassette,  Chicago,  and  Past  Grand  Commander, 
K.  T.,  Illinois.] 

I. 

Alas!     When  all  is  said  which  we  can  say, 
Above  the  pallid,  cold  and  silent  clay. 
When  throbbing,  sobbing  dirge  and  funeral  song 
Their  force  have  spent  upon  the  morning  throng; 
When  tone  as  well,  from  speaker's  voice  has  sped. 
Naught  then  is  left  but  memories  of  our  dead. 

II. 
Hush!     Hear  the  wheel's  loud  rumble  in  the  street. 
The  din  of  business  and  fast-stirring  feet; 
No  thought  is  there,  midst  traffic's  hardened  strife, 
Of  death's  fell  work,  with  finite  hope  and  life. 

III. 
Since  man  has  lived  to  think,  and  toil,  and  die, 
Some  hope  he's  sought  on  which  he  might  rely. 
With  hands  outstretched,  in  potent  voice  of  prayer. 
He  has  invoked  an  answer  everywhere. 
Seraphic  visions  fill  his  mind  at  times. 
And  music  sounds  as  if  from  far-off  climes. 

IV. 
The  war  then  from  the  earth  comes  rushing  in 
To  draw  his  thoughts  from  God  to  earth's  foul  din; 
And  hence  the  sons  of  Egypt  sought  to  find 
Some  solace  for  the  worried,  wearied  mind. 

V. 
So,  for  their  dead  a  sleeping  place  they  made 
In  vaulted  crypt,  hid  under  earth's  deep  shade. 
Above  each  crypt  a  Mastaba  was  found. 
Where  oft  the  beat  of  saddened  hearts  would  sound. 
Around,  above  and  on  the  walls  was  spread 
A  record  of  the  deeds  of  all  their  dead. 

VI. 
The  rumble  in  the  noisy  street  goes  on. 
They  heed  it  not,  in  death's  still  Parthenon, 
And  kneeling  down,  they  spake  then  of  the  soul. 
In  halo  clothed,  far  off,  from  earth  so  cold. 


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We  do  not  need  to  write  upon  the  walls 

The  deeds  of  these,  our  dead.     Where  falls 

A  shadow  on  the  floor,  or  roof  above, 

Is  record  made,  a  silhouette  of  love; 

And  deep  within  our  hearts  we  seem  to  feel, 

A  spirit  cause,  to  make  us  pause  and  kneel. 

vin. 

Then  let  the  wheels  roll  on,  out  in  the  street, 
But  let  us  oft,  in  this  our  chapel  meet. 
And  here  review  the  memories  of  the  dead, 
Then  silently  retire,  with  noiseless  tread. 


206  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


SHELBY  DOOLITTLE. 

Brother  Doolittle  was  born  in  1821,  and  was  but  27 
years  old  when  he  died.  Brother  DooHttle  died  at  Prince- 
ton, 111.,  after  an  illness  of  but  thirty-six  hours,  on  Sabbath 
morning,  January  9,  1848. 

Brother  Shelby  Doolittle  was  raised  in  Occidental  Lodge 
in  1846,  and  his  is  the  first  death  among  the  brethren  of 
Occidental  Lodge  that  we  can  find  any  record  of.  Brother 
Doolittle  lived  in  Ottawa  about  three  years,  and  by  the  excel- 
lence of  his  character  and  the  kindness  of  his  disposition  had 
won  many  warm  friends  among  the  citizens  of  Ottawa.  He 
was  a  man  of  firm  principles,  of  high  tone,  generous  feeling 
and  warm  and  benevolent  heart.  His  talents  were  of  an 
order  that  promised  usefulness  in  his  profession,  that  of  a 
lawyer.  The  news  of  his  sudden  and  painful  death  was  re- 
ceived with  deep  sorrow  by  his  friends  and  brethren.  Broth- 
er Doolittle  was  a  bright  and  true  Mason,  who,  in  his  inter- 
course with  his  brethren  of  the  mystic  tie,  as  well  as  with 
the  world,  ever  regulated  his  conduct  by  the  square.  The 
death  of  brother  Doolittle  having  been  made  known  to  the 
brethren  of  Occidental  Lodge,  the  following  resolutions 
were  adopted : 

Resolved,  That  the  brethren  of  this  Lodge,  whilst  they 
desire  to  bow  with  submission  to  the  Divine  will,  cannot 
but  express  their  deep  sorrow  at  the  early  removal  of  so 
worthy  a  brother,  whose  kind  and  affable  demeanor  had  en- 
deared him  to  a  large  circle  of  friends,  by  whom,  as  well  as 
the  members  of  this  Lodge,  his  loss  will  be  deeply  and  se- 
verely felt. 

Resolved,  That  the  brethren  of  this  Lodge  tender  their 
kindest  sympathies  to  the  relatives  and  friends  of  the  de- 
ceased, with  the  assurance  that  the  memory  of  their  depart- 
ed brother  and  friend  will  long  be  cherished  in  the  kindly  af- 


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fections  of  the  brethren  with  whom  he  was  connected  in  the 
Masonic  tie. 

Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  entered  upon  the 
records  of  this  Lodge,  and  a  copy  of  the  same  be  forwarded 
to  the  relatives  of  the  deceased,  and  also  published  in  the 
Ottawa  Free  Trader.  . 

His  work  was  not  done,  yet  his  column  is  brolcen, 
Mourn  ye  and  weep,  for  ye  cherished  his  worth, 

Let  every  tear  drop  be  sympathy's  token. 
Lost  to  the  brotherhood,  lost  to  the  earth. 


208  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN   TIME  TO   COME. 

The  flowers  are  dead  that  made  a  summer  splendor 
By  wayside  nooks  and  on  the  sunny  hill, 

And  with  regret,  these  hearts  of  ours  grow  tender, 
As  sometimes  all  hearts  will. 

We  loved  the  blossoms,  for  they  helped  to  brighten 
The  lives  so  dark  with  wearying  toil  and  care. 

As  hopes  and  dreams  forever  help  to  lighten 
The  heavy  loads  we  bear. 

How  like  the  flowers,  whose  transient  life  is  ended, 
The  hopes  and  dreams  are,  that  for  one  brief  hour 

Make  the  glad  heart  a  garden  bright  and  splendid 
About  love's  latticed  bower. 

One  little  hour  of  almost  perfect  pleasure, 
A  foretaste  of  the  happiness  to  come. 

Then  sudden  frost — the  garden  yields  its  treasure. 
And  stands  in  sorrow  dumb. 

Oh,  listen,  heart!  The  flower  may  lose  its  glory, 
Beneath  the  touch  of  frost,  but  does  not  die, 

In  spring  it  will  repeat  the  old  sweet  story. 
Of  God's  dear  by  and  by. 

In  heaven,  if  never  here,  the  hopes  we  cherish. 
The  flowers  of  human  life  we  count  as  lost. 

Will  live  again.     Such  beauty  cannot  perish. 
And  heaven  has  no  frost. 


WILLIAM    HENRY    LAMB   WALLACE 

Worshipful  Master  1848  and  1849 


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BRADFORD   C.   MITCHELL.  , 

Brother  Bradford  C.  Mitchell,  father  of  brother  M.  B. 
Mitchell,  came  to  Ottawa  in  1836,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  had  been  a  resident  of  Ottawa  more  than  twenty 
years.  We  quote  from  the  Ottawa  Free  Trader  of  Sept.  25, 
1858:  "Mr.  Mitchell  has  been  a  resident  of  Ottawa  for 
over  twenty  years  past,  and  being  an  industrious,  kind  and 
amiable  man,  had  a  very  large  circle  of  friends.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  Odd  Fellows 
society,  of  the  Niagara  fire  company,  and  had  been  a  soldier 
in  Mexico  (was  in  Capt.  Dickey's  La  Salle  county  company. 
— Author).  On  this  account,  besides  a  very  large  number 
of  citizens,  his  funeral  on  Sunday  was  attended  by  all  the 
civic  societies  of  which  he  had  been  a  member,  and  by  the 
military  companies  of  our  city,  all  together  forming  the  fin- 
est and  largest  funeral  procession  ever  witnessed  in  Ottawa. 
He  was  buried,  in  accordance  with  his  expressed  wish,  by 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  whose  beautiful  and  impressive  cer- 
emonial on  the  occasion  was  witnessed  by  the  vast  concourse 
with  deep  awe  and  reverence." 

Brothers  Thomas  J.  Wade,  Philo  Lindley  and  Oliver  C^ 
Gray  were  appointed  a  committee  to  draft  resolutions  on 
the  death  of  Brother  Mitchell,  which  were  presented  to  and 
adopted  by  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  and 
are  as  follows : 

It  having  pleased  our  Supreme  Grand  Master  to  call 
from  labor  below  to  everlasting  refreshment  above  our  be- 
loved brother,  Bradford  C.  Mitchell,  and  being  deeply  im- 
pressed with  the  loss  thus  sustained,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A. 

M.,  in  the  death  of  our  beloved  brother,  has  lost  one  oi  its 

best  and  most  faithful  members,  and  though  his  place  in  the 

Lodge  may  never  be  filled,  the  memory  of  him  and  his  truly 

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2IO  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Masonic  virtues,  will  ever  remain  a  green  spot  within  our 
hearts. 

Resolved,  That  we  deeply  sympathize  with  the  widow 
and  orphans  of  our  departed  brother,  and  may  "He  who 
tempers  the  wind  to  the  shorn  lamb"  take  them  in  His  fa- 
therly protection,  and  aid  us  in  our  efforts  to  console  them 
in  their  great  bereavement. 

Resolved,  That  the  members  of  this  Lodge  wear  the 
usual  badge  of  mourning  thirty  days. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  printed  in 
the  city  papers,  spread  upon  the  records  of  this  Lodge,  and 
furnished  the  family  of  the  deceased. 


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THE  LAST  FAREWELL. 

How  many  a  strong  hand  that  grappled  ours 

In  truest  faith; 
How  many  a  generous  heart,  with  mercy  filled, 

Lies  low  in  death; 
How  many  a  beaming  eye  that  caught  the  light 

From  the  better  shore; 
How  many  a  tongue  that  thrilled  our  inmost  chords 

Will  speak  no  more; 
How  many  a  seat  where  sat  the  good  and  true 

Is  vacant  now; 
How  many  a  foot  in  mercy's  quest  that  flew 

No  more  shall  go; 
How  many  a  knee  that  bent  with  ours  in  prayer 

Or  prayed  alone; 
Has  vanished  from  our  mystic  brotherhood 

And  gone — and  gone 
To  the  Celestial  Lodge,  and  Land  of  Peace, 

And  Light  and  Song, 
Where  war  and  bloodshed  have  no  entering. 

Nor  vice,  nor  wrong; 
Where  the  Supreme  Grand  Master  wise  presides. 

No  blight,  no  curse. 
And  keeps  in  holy  welcome,  crowned  and  blest, 

A  place  for  us. 


212  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


W.  H.  L.  WALLACE. 

General  W.  H.  L.  Wallace  was  born  at  Urbana,  Ohio, 
July  8,  182 1,  and  came  with  his  parents  to  Illinois  in  1834, 
first  locating  in  Deer  Park,  La  Salle  county,  Illinois.  In 
1845  he  came  to  Ottawa  and  entered  as  a  student  of  law 
in  the  office  of  brother  T.  L.  Dickey.  At  the  opening  of 
the  Mexican  war,  in  1846,  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  a  com- 
pany raised  by  brother  Dickey  in  Ottawa,  and  on  the  or- 
ganization of  the  campaign  was  made  orderly  sergeant,  but 
was  soon  promoted  to  third  lieutenant,  and  finally  to  the  po- 
sition of  adjutant  of  Colonel  Hardin's  regiment.  He  dis- 
tinguished himself  at  the  battle  of  Buena  Vista  by  his  brav- 
ery and  heroism.  At  the  close  of  the  Mexican  war  brother 
Wallace  resumed  his  studies  in  the  office  of  brother  Dickey, 
whose  daughter  he  subsequently  married.  Of  his  career  as 
an  attorney,  it  is  sufficient  to  say  that  it  was  eminently  hon- 
orable and  successful. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebellion  he  was  invited  to 
command  the  Eleventh  regiment  of  Illinois  volunteers.  He 
cheerfully  yielded  to  the  call  of  his  companions  in  arms  and 
gave  himself  to  his  country. 

For  his  bravery  at  Fort  Donelson,  he  was  commissioned 
Brigadier  General,  and  for  distinguished  services  he  was  ad- 
vanced to  act  as  Major  General  just  before  the  battle  of 
Pittsburg  Landing.  At  this  battle  he  bore  himself  nobly 
and  safely  through  the  perils  of  that  unlooked  for  and  over- 
whelming assault  on  Sunday  till  about  4  p.  m.  Finding  his 
division  liable  to  be  flanked  on  either  side,  he  had  just  given 
command  to  his  brigade  commanders  "to  fall  back  steadily." 
and  while  overseeing  its  execution  the  fatal  messenger  sealed 
his  lips  in  silence.  The  ball  passed  from  near  the  top  of  the 
left  ear  along  the  temple,  taking  in  its  exit  the  left  eye.     He 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  213 

disengaged  his  feet,  as  if  to  dismount,  and  fell  to  the 
ground.  He  was  supposed  to  be  dead.  His  brother-in-law, 
Lieutenant  C.  E.  Dickey,  and  two  men  bore  him  tenderly 
after  his  retreating  columns  till  the  hard  pressure  of  the  foe 
obliged  them  to  leave  him  on  the  field.  The  next  day, 
our  troops  having  recovered  the  field,  found  him  uncon- 
scious, but  alive,  his  pockets  rifled  and  a  blanket  tossed  over 
him.  He  was  immediately  transferred  to  Savannah  to  the 
care  of  his  wife  who  had  arrived  the  day  previous  on  a 
visit,  but  as  yet  had  not  seen  him.  A  slight  return  of  con- 
sciousness, an  occasional  smiling  recognition  of  his  compan- 
ion in  sorrow,  and  at  last  a  motion  of  his  finger  pointing  her 
to  the  peaceful  Heaven  above,  were  his  last  acts.  The  very 
last  acts,  coupled  with  his  solemn  written  resolve  after  his 
seemingly  providential  deliverance  at  Donelson,  to  this  ef- 
fect: "For  this  almost  miraculous  preservation  of  my  life 
amid  such  dangers,  I  am  resolved  that  henceforth  all  I  am 
shall  be  the  Lord's,"  leaves  us  the  consolation  in  sorrow 
that  he  had  found  rest  in  Heaven. 

General  Wallace  was  universally  respected,  loved  by 
many,  naturally  noble  and  generous,  always  courteous,  his 
life  in  most  respects  far  above  that  of  ordinary  men,  was 
a  model  of  manly  dignity  and  honor,  and  yet  of  engaging 
simplicity  and  unaffected  modesty. 

The  deceased  had  occupied  a  prominent  position  in  La 
Salle  county  and  held  a  high  place  in  public  esteem.  His 
remains  were  brought  tO'  Ottawa  and  met  at  the  Rock 
Island  depot  at  four  o'clock  Monday  morning,  April  14th. 
The  tolling  of  church  bells  announced  the  hour  of  arrival. 
An  escort  of  Knights  Templar  and  a  delegation  of  citizens 
met  the  remains  at  the  depot  and  accompanied  them  to  his 
late  residence,  from  whence,  at  two  p.  m.,  they  were  laid  in 
state  in  the  Supreme  Court  house,  where  they  were  viewed 
by  thousands  of  citizens  and  strangers.    Tuesday  morning, 


214  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

attended  by  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  body  was  carried  to 
the  Episcopal  church,  from  which,  after  appropriate  funeral 
services,  it  was  taken  for  interment  to  the  family  burial 
ground  of  brother  T.  L.  Dickey,  near  his  residence  on  the 
north  bluff,  and  deposited  in  its  last  resting  place  with  the  sol- 
emn and  impressive  ceremonies  of  the  Masonic  order. 

Brother  Wallace  was  raised  in  Occidental  Lodge  in  1846 
and  was  Master  of  Occidental  Lodge  during  the  years  1848 
and  1849, 

Too  soon,  too  soon,  alas,  for  earth  and  us. 

The  Temple  yet  unfinished,  he  is  gone. 
Weep,  craftsmen,  not  for  him — is  not  his  fame 

Secure? — but  for  the  stricken  mourners  left. 
Who,  now,  on  tracing  board,  shall  wisely  draw 

The  strange  device  that  binds  the  finished  work 
With  the  imdone,  making  a  perfect  fane. 

By  closing  up  in  one  the  grand  design. 
Fallen  the  stroke,  the  inexorable  blow. 

Too  soon,  too  soon,  alas!  for  earth  and  us. 

"If  I  die  it  is  glory  enough  to  die  in  such  a  cause,  and 
furnish  no  reason  for  regret.  Man  must  die  some  time  and 
to  die  nobly  is  a  boon  granted  to  few." 

— GEN.  Wallace's  letter  to  his  wife. 


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HIS  BONES  ARE  DUST. 

HoAV  often  we  see  quoted  the  beautiful  lines : 

"His  bones  are  dust, 
His  sword  is  rust,  etc." 

But  how  few  know  the  author  of  them.  This  was  the 
English  poet  Coleridge,  and  they  occur  as  a  part  of  a  poem. 
Here  is  the  connection : 

Where  is  the  grave  of  Sir  Arthur  O'Kellyn? 
Where  is  the  grave  of  that  good  man  and  true? 
By  the  side  of  a  spring  in  the  breast  of  Helvellyn, 
Under  the  boughs  of  a  young  birch  tree. 
The  oak  that  in  summer  was  sweet  to  hear, 
And  rustled  its  leaves  in  the  fall  of  the  year, 
And  whistled  and  roared  in  the  winter  alone, 
Is  gone,  and  the  birch  in  its  stead  is  grown. 

The  knight's  bones  are  dust, 

And  his  good  sword  rust. 

His  soul  is  with  the  saints,  I  trust. 


2l6  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


PHILO   LINDLEY. 

Brother  Lindley  had  been  Circuit  Clerk  and  afterwards 
County  Clerk  of  La  Salle  county  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
was  a  kind,  noble  hearted  man,  and  as  an  ofificer  had  no  su- 
perior. He  was  Adjutant  of  the  Fifty-third  Illinois  regi- 
ment at  the  time  of  his  death.  His  remains  were  brought  to 
Ottawa  on  Monday,  and  laid  in  state  in  the  court  house,  un- 
til lo  o'clock  Tuesday,  when  they  were  borne  to  the  Baptist 
church,  and  thence  to  the  Illinois  avenue  cemetery,  where 
they  were  consigned  to  mother  earth  by  the  solemn  and  im- 
pressive ceremonies  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  of  Occidental 
Lodge. 

"He  slept  an  iron  sleep, 
Slain  in  fighting  for  his   country." 


PHILO  LINDLEY 

Worshipful  Master  1852  and  1856 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  21/ 


THE  BELLS   OF   LONDENDERRY. 
I. 

How  sweetly  rang  the  bells,  when  we  chased  the  honey  bee, 
And  loudly  sang  the  lark,  to  you,  love,  and  to  me. 
While  winds  of  sunny  April  were  whispering  in  glee; 

Sing  merry! 
When  childhood  heard  the  bells  of  Londonderry. 

IL 
How  softly  rang  the  bells  when  we  climbed  the  misty  hill. 
When  we  reached  the  pebbled  cradle  of  the  foamy  mountain  rill, 
And  pledged  our  love  at  noontide  when  every  bird  was  still; 

Sing  merry! 
So  clearly  rang  the  bells  of  Londonderry. 

IIL 

And  sprightly  was  the  dancing  beneath  the  flowered  thorn. 

When  the  little  eastern  moonlight,  like  plenty's  golden  horn, 

Lit  our  way  from  stile  to  stile  through  the  fields  of  whispering  corn. 

Sing  merry! 
So  gayly  rang  the  bells  of  Londonderry. 

IV. 

But  now  the  mountain  flowers  have  lost  their  rich  perfume. 
And  the  lark  has  now  no  rapture,  the  nodding  rose  no  bloom, 
Since  they  took  you  from  the  ocean  to  lay  you  in  the  tomb. 

Never  merry 
Shall  sound  for  me  sweet  bells  of  Londonderry. 

V. 
But  merrily  they'll  sound  when  my  heart  has  passed  away. 
To  the  fisher  near  his  nets,  and  the  hillman  mowing  hay. 
To  mothers  at  their  doorsteps,  and  lovers  in  the  May 

Making  merry. 
Shall  chime  the  silver  bells  of  Londonderry. 


2l8  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


GEORGE   S.   STEBBINS. 

Brother  George  S.  Stebbins  was  born  at  Springfield, 
Mass.,  in  1833,  and  was  about  34  years  of  age  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  Brother  Stebbins  came  to  Ottawa  in  1855,  and 
entered  the  store  of  Ciishman  &  Lindley  as  bookkeeper  and 
clerk,  and  afterwards,  for  several  years,  as  bookkeeper  for 
Mr,  Cushman,  private  banker.  Thence  he  entered  the  of- 
fice of  County  Treasurer,  when  Hon.  S.  R.  Lewis  was 
Treasurer,  as  bookkeeper  and  accountant,  and  at  the  close  of 
Mr.  Lewis'  term  he  was  for  two  successive  terms  elected 
County  Treasurer,  an  office  for  which  he  was  peculiarly 
fitted,  and  the  duties  of  which  he  performed  with  singular 
fidelity  and  ability.  On  retiring  from  the  Treasurer's  office 
he  became  a  partner  of  the  firm  of  Colwell,  Clark  &  Steb- 
bins.   Of  him  the  Ottawa  Free  Trader  said  : 

"We  could  dwell,  did  our  space  permit,  fondly  and  elo- 
quently on  the  many  virtues  of  the  deceased.  He  was  a 
genial,  kind  hearted  man,  with  a  hand  open  as  day  to  melt- 
ing charity.  No  call  in  the  way  of  voluntary  contribution, 
whatever  its  object,  if  worthy,  ever  passed  brother  Stebbins 
without  a  liberal  response.  Modest  and  unassuming,  al- 
most to  a  fault,  he  was  yet  a  ripe  scholar,  and  enthusiastic 
student  of  the  classics,  and  as  a  writer  wielded  perhaps  the 
most  graceful  pen  in  Ottawa." 

Brother  Stebbins  was  a  member  of  Ottawa  Commandery, 
No,  10,  K.  T.,  Shabboua  Chapter,  No.  37,  R.  A.  M.,  and 
Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A,  F,  &  A.  M.  His  funeral  was 
one  of  the  largest  ever  witnessed  in  Ottawa.  It  took  place 
from  the  Episcopal  church  Sunday,  December  i,  1867,  and 
his  remains  were  accompanied  to  the  cemetery  by  Occiden- 
tal Lodge  and  members  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  from 
every  Lodge  in  the  county.  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10, 
K.  T.,  acted  as  escort,  while  at  the  grave,  in  accordance  with 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  219 

the  request  of  the  deceased,  the  impressive  service  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity  was  observed. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  by  Occidental 
Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. : 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  the  Supreme  Architect  of  the 
universe  to  take  from  our  number,  by  the  hand  of  death, 
our  beloved  brother,  George  S.  Stebbins;  and, 

Whereas,  Brother  Stebbins  has  for  many  years  been  an 
influential  and  prominent  citizen  as  well  as  a  member  of  the 
different  Masonic  organizations  of  this  city;  therefore, 

Resolved,  That,  in  his  death,  our  order  has  lost  a  true 
and  worthy  member  of  our  society,  an  active  and  pure 
minded  citizen;  a  bereaved  wife  a  devoted  and  kind  hus- 
band, and  his  children  a  loving  and  affectionate  parent. 

Resolved,  That  we  deeply  sympathize  with  the  widow  of 
our  deceased  brother  in  her  loss,  and  that  we  will  mourn 
with  those  that  mourn  and  weep  with  those  that  weep. 

Resolved,  That  we  will  ever  cherish  the  memory  of  our 
departed  brother,  and  will  ever  imitate  his  virtues  and  bear 
witness  to  his  high  standing  as  a  citizen,  a  close  and  true 
friend,  a  decisive,  prompt  and  devoted  Mason. 

Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon  the 
records  of  this  Lodge,  and  be  published  in  the  papers  of  this 
city,  and  a  certified  copy  of  the  same  be  furnished  to  the 
family  of  the  deceased. 

Dust  to  dust,  the  dark  decree! 

Soul  to  God,  the  soul  Is  free! 
Leave  him  with  the  lowly  lain — 

Brother,  we  shall  meet  again. 


220  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  GOLDEN  DAYS  DEPARTED. 
I. 

O  voices  still  beneath  the  churchyard  sod. 

Bright  eyes  that  glistened  behind  long  lashes, 

Warm  beauty  early  given  back  to  God, 
Red  lips  that  now  are  ashes! 

II. 

Ah,  so  it  is!     All  that  hath  ever  been 
Experienced  by  the  spirit  is  immortal; 

Each  hope  and  joy  and  grief  is  hid  within 
The  memory's  sacred  portal. 

III. 

And  yet  the  soft  glow  of  the  midnight  hour — 
A  strain  of  haunting  music,  sweet  and  olden, 

A  dream,  a  bird,  a  bee,  a  leaf,  a  flower, 
A  sunset  rich  and  golden. 

IV. 

Can  fling  that  portal  open,  and  beyond 

Appears  the  record  of  each  earlier  feeling; 

All  hopes,  all  joys,  all  fears,  all  musing  fond, 
In  infinite  revealing. 

V. 

Till  all  the  present  passes  from  the  sight. 

Its  cares  and  woes  that  make  us  weary-hearted. 

And  leave  us  basking  in  the  holy  light 
Of  golden  days  departed. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  221 


J.   C.   AVERY. 

Brother  Julius  Caesar  Avery  died  Tuesday  morning,  No- 
vember 22,  1870.  W.  S.  Easton,  W.  M.,  called  a  special 
communication  of  Occidental  Lodge  the  evening  of  the  same 
day.  Brother  Avery  being  held  in  such  high  esteem  among 
the  brethren,  a  large  attendance  was  present.  The  Wor- 
shipful Master  announced  the  death  of  brother  Avery,  and 
stated  that  it  was  the  wish  of  his  relatives  that  the  funeral 
exercises  should  be  of  a  strictly  Masonic  character,  and 
should  take  place  from  the  residence  of  George  Avery,  at 
2  o'clock  p.  M.,  Wednesday,  November  23,  1870.  The  com- 
mittee on  resolutions,  consisting  of  brothers  Thomas  J. 
Wade,  John  F.  Nash,  Arthur  Lockwood,  Robert  M.  Mc- 
Arthur  and  Robert  Henning,  presented  the  following  reso- 
lutions, which  were  unanimously  adopted : 

Loving  hands  have  clothed  the  mortal  remains  of  our 
beloved  brother  Julius  Avery  with  the  habiliments  of  the 
grave,  and  with  saddened  hearts  have  laid  him  gently  down 
to  sleep  in  the  house  appointed  for  all  the  living ;  the  solemn 
words,  "Dust  tO'  dust,  ashes  to  ashes,  earth  to  earth,"  have 
been  uttered,  and  all  that  was  mortal  of  our  brother  has 
passed  from  our  sight  forever. 

It  is  eminently  fit  that  this  Lodge,  of  which  he  was  so 
long  a  cherished  member,  should  give  expression  to  its  feel- 
ing of  sorrow  and  bereavement  for  its  loss,  and  should  say 
to  the  immediate  relatives  of  our  deceased  brother,  and  to 
the  world,  that  we  loved  him  as  a  brother ;  that  his  memory 
is,  and  ever  will  be,  dear  to  us,  and  while  it  is  not  our  prov- 
ince tO'  indulge  in  panegyric,  we  cannot  refrain  from  saying 
that  in  the  Lodge,  he  was  in  every  sense  a  brother,  and  in 
the  world  a  man. 

Resolved,  That  these,  our  feelings  and  sentiments,  be 
entered  upon  the  records  of  this  Lodge,  a  copy  transmitted 
to  the  relatives  of  our  deceased  brother,  and  a  copy  furnished 
the  press. 


222  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Resolved,  That  oiin  Lodge  be  draped  in  mourning-  and 
its  members  wear  the  usual  badge  according  to  our  custom. 

Tlie  Worshipful  Master  appointed  as  pall-bearers  broth- 
ers David  P.  Jones,  J.  B.  Rice,  J.  H.  Shepherd,  Herman 
Silver,  E.  F.  Bull,  H.  M.  Godfrey,  J.  C.  Hatheway  and 
George  Beatty,  and  brothers  E.  S.  Robert  and  Ed.  H. 
Smith  a  committee  on  music.  Brother  Benjamin  Padgett 
was  appointed  to  carry  the  holy  writings,  and  brother  Fred- 
erick F,  Crane,  Marshal. 

On  November  23d,  at  2  o'clock  p.  m.,  the  Lodge  met  in 
special  communication,  with  William  S.  Easton,  Worship- 
ful Master,  and  a  large  assembly  of  brothers  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  also  large  delegations  from  sister  Lodges.  The 
usual  ceremony  was  conducted  in  the  lodge-room,  after 
which,  under  the  escort  of  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10, 
K.  T.,  the  Lodge  proceeded  to  the  residence  of  Mr.  George 
Avery,  brother  of  the  deceased,  where  the  usual  Masonic 
services  were  held,  after  which  the  procession  was  formed 
and  proceeded  to  the  cemetery,  where  the  remains  were  con- 
signed to  the  grave  under  the  impressive  ceremonies  of  the 
order. 

Julius  C.  Avery  was  born  at  New  Milford,  Susquehanna 
county.  Pa.,  in  1831,  and  was  therefore  at  the  time  of  his 
death  39  years  of  age.  Brother  Avery  was  educated  in  the 
best  schools  in  the  vicinity  oi  his  birthplace,  but  being 
thrown  upon  his  own  resources,  about  1850,  he  came  West, 
located  at  Ottawa,  and  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the 
ofifice  of  Hon.  M.  E.  Hollister,  supporting  himself  at  the 
same  time  by  teaching  school.  About  1853  (in  the  mean- 
time having  been  admitted  to  the  bar  and  opened  an  office) 
he  joined  an  elder  brother,  who  had  just  returned  from  Cal- 
ifornia, in  the  purchase  of  the  newspaper  office  of  the  Ot- 
tawa Free  Trader,  of  which  he  was  editor  about  one  year, 
when  he  sold  his  interest  and  returned  to  the  practice  of 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  223 

law.  In  this  he  rose  rapidly,  and  in  about  1856  became  the 
second  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Gray,  Avery  &  Bushnell, 
and  on  the  retiring  of  O.  C.  Gray,  a  few  years  afterwards, 
from  the  firm  he  became  the  law  partner  of  the  Hon.  Wash- 
ington Bushnell,  remaining  such  until  his  death.  Brother 
Avery  had  held  the  office  of  city  clerk,  city  attorney  and 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Ottawa.  In  1870  he  was  nominated  for 
Congress  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  ran  against  the  Hon. 
B.  C.  Cook.  The  county  and  district  were  overwhelmingly 
Republican,  yet  he  carried  La  Salle  county  by  800  majority, 
and  cut  down  the  Republican  majority  in  the  district  from 
7,600  to  2,600. 

As  a  Mason,  he  was  true  to  its  teachings.  His  charac- 
ter and  worth  as  a  public  officer  and  private  citizen  were 
delineated  so  eloquently  and  lovingly  in  court  proceedings 
that  we  regret  we  have  not  space  to  give  the  whole  or  even 
a  part  of  the  proceedings.  His  hand  was  "open  as  day  to 
melting  charity,"  he  gave  liberally  to  both  public  and  private 
objects,  but  without  ostentation.  If  ever  a  man  observed  the 
divine  injunction,  "Let  not  thy  left  hand  know  what  thy 
right  hand  doeth,"  it  was  our  friend  and  brother  who  is 
gone.  His  was  not  a  charity  trained  in  religious  schools, 
as  a  matter  of  duty,  it  was  spontaneous,  the  outgrowth  of  a 
generous  nature.  He  could  not  withhold  his  hand  or  shut 
his  heart  against  appeals  to  his  benevolence.  Of  him,  the 
Hon.  E.  F.  Bull  said,  in  the  presence  of  the  Circuit  Court : 

"The  oldest  member  of  the  profession  can  study  his 
character  with  profit ;  the  youngest  can  find  in  his  profes- 
sional conduct  an  example  for  truthfulness,  for  honesty,  for 
candor,  for  strict  integrity  and  all  other  graces  that  should 
adorn  our  profession,  worthy  of  close  imitation." 

As  writ  on  walls  in  friendship's  holy    shrine, 

His  sorrowing  brother's  tributes  here  are  told; 

This  threshold  space,  I  would  the  power  were  mine 
To  gild  with  sunlight's  pure,  unshadowed  gold 


224  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

That  those  here  passing,  joyous  minded,  might 

In  kindred  spirit,  read  these  lines  aright. 
For  shadows  never  chilled  the  pleasant  way. 

When  access  to  his  heart  the  poor  would  crave; 
Across  his  path  the  sunlight  quivering  lay 

And  halo-like,  is  radiant  o'er  his  grave. 
His  generous  heart  illumined  his  whole  career; 

Then  why   should  shadows  hold  dominion  here? 
Some  inward   source  his  joyous  nature  knew, 

Some  fountain-head,  wh<x^\„  "'flower-like  virtues  grew. 
Whose  fragrance,  incense  wise,  o'er  honors  breathed. 

Whose  honors  hallowed,  now  alas,  bequeathed 
To  brothers,  us  who  gave,  who  henceforth  will 

Esteem  them,  prized  before,  more  precious  still. 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  22; 

IN   MEMORIAM. 

TO  OLIVER  CROMWELL  GRAY. 
[Written  by  Juliette  E.  Prescott,  Ottawa,  111.] 

As  once,  oh,  truest  friend,  I  placed  a  tiny  rose, 

Blushing  and  sweet,  upon  thy  silent  breast, 
So  I  this  tribute  bring  at  thy  life's  close. 

Hoping  that  thou  wilt  see  it  with  the  rest, 

And  find  it  fair,  though  very  frail,  at  best. 
God  had  so  many  gifted  souls,  alas!  could  He 

Not  leave  me  one, — almost  my  only  one? 
For  I  shall  miss  thy  face;  nor  ever  hope  to  see 

Thy  like  again  till  life  and  work  are  done. 

Till  all  is  ended  and  my  rest  begun. 
We  covered  all  thy  casket  with  fair  flowers. 

Trying,  O  Death!  to  hide  thy  ghastliness; 
Strewed  them  beneath  thy  bier  that  bitter  hour. 

Thinking  our  tenderness  to  thus  express. 

Striving  in  vain,  to  make  our  loss  the  less. 
Only  a  fragrant  bud  to  place  upon  thy  stone, — 

Thy  master  hand  hath  reared  the  wonderous  imagery 
Thy  busy  brain  hath  wrought,  until  it  now  has  grown 

Into  a  stately  monument  for  thy  bright  memory. 

Far  more  imperishing  than  any  shaft  may  be. 
That,  crumbling,  stands  in  marble  cities  of  the  dead. 

Thy  marvelous  structure  grandly  looms  aloft 
In  everlasting  light,  and  whitely  gleams  instead. 

Where  loving  memories,  shadow-like  and  soft. 

Play  o'er  it  in  the  "Greenwood"  of  the  soul — waft 
With  fragrance  of  past  kisses,  fresher,  purer  praise. 

Later  homage  to  thy  transfigured  soul. 
So  mayst  thou,  in  thy  new  far-off  and  hidden  ways. 

Be  kept  in  mind  of  those  that  are  not  whole. 

Lean  somewhat  from  thy  place  of  high  control. 
For  we  have  need  of  thee — advisor,  counselor. 

And  dear,  familiar  friend!     Oh,  vanished  years 
Of  sweet  companionship!     Oh,  days  of  yore! 

Oh,  tender  heart!  that  never  turned  from  tears, 

Coldly  unheeding:   how  this  thought  endears 
Thee  to  the  souls  that  stand  alone  and  dumb! 

Even  thy  mantle  was  not  left  behind 


226  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

To  comfort  those  who,  desolate  and  numb, 

Do  watch  thy  upward  flight,  the  light  to  find. 
Leaving  thy  cross,  upon  thy  brow  to  bind 

The  blessed  crown  of  righteous  deed  and  faithful  words 
(For  by  their  worlds  shall  they  each  one  be  known; 

Who  are,  in  truth,  the  just,  and  who  the  Lord's; 
We  know  that  grapes  are  not  of  thistles  born. 
And  never  gathered  was  a  fig  of  thorn). 

Dear  friend,  we  shall  retain  thee  in  remembrance  sweet, 

And  though  in  earthly  paths  we  never  more  shall  meet. 

With  tender,  old-time  greeting  we  shall  stand 

Together  yet,  in  friendship's  better  land. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  22/ 


OLIVER  CROMWELL  GRAY. 

Brother  Oliver  Cromwell  Gray  was  born  at  Steuben- 
ville,  Ohio,  January  i,  1821,  and  descended  from  an  old 
English  family  of  the  same  name,  of  which  Thomas  Gray, 
poet  and  author  of  the  "Elegy  in  a  Country  Churchyard," 
was  a  branch. 

He  was  admitted  to  practice  law  in  1841  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  and  continued  in  the  practice  until  war  was  declared 
with  Mexico.  At  this  time,  he  was  First  Lieutenant  of  the 
Jefferson  Grays,  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  and  left  with  that 
organization  for  the  seat  of  war.  During  the  continuance 
of  the  war  with  Mexico,  he  served  as  Adjutant  of  the  Third 
Ohio  regiment,  commanded  by  Col.  Samuel  R.  Curtis,  after- 
wards Governor  of  Iowa,  and,  during  the  Civil  war,  Major- 
General  of  Volunteers. 

Brother  Gray  came  to  Ottawa  in  1853,  and  entered  into 
a  law  partnership  with  Washington  Bushnell,  and  later  was 
senior  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Gray,  Avery  &  Bushnell, 
the  strongest  firm  of  practitioners  that  ever  graced  the  bar 
of  La  Salle  county.  In  1868  brother  Gray  was  nominated 
for  Congress  by  the  Democratic  party,  and  ran  against  the 
Hon.  B.  C.  Cook,  and,  although  the  district  was  strongly 
Republican,  he  was  defeated  by  only  a  small  majority. 

A  complete  biographical  sketch  of  O.  C.  Gray,  reciting 
his  student  life  in  Ohio,  his  services  in  the  Mexican  war,  his 
adventurous  career  in  California  in  the  early  stages  of  the 
gold  excitement,  and  then  all  his  trials  and  triumphs  as  a 
leading  lawyer  at  the  local  and  Supreme  Court  bar  of  Illi- 
nois, would  be  of  absorbing  interest. 

Of  him,  the  Hon.  Judge  J.  C.  Champlin  said,  in  part, 
in  addressing  the  bar  of  La  Salle  county,  on  the  death  of 
brother  Gray : 


228  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

"The  character  of  the  great  advocate  was  embellished  by 
the  singular  varied  and  graceful  accomplishments  of  the 
man.  Artistic  beauty,  whether  of  material  or  of  thought, 
sprang  from  the  hours  of  his  recreation,  and  we  and  nature 
remain  his  debtors  for  the  graceful  habiliments  in  which  he 
has  presented  them.  His  imagination,  cultivated  simply  as 
a  feeder  to  his  reasoning  powers,  and  as  a  door  for  the  es- 
cape of  the  emotions  of  his  heart,  showed  the  wide  expanse 
and  the  profound  depth  he  explored  in  his  "Worship  of  the 
Woods,"  to  find  the  source  from  which  all  that  is  divine  in 
man  had  sprung;  and  his  "Sea  Coral's  Dream"  was  the  her- 
ald of  his  approach  ever  upward  to  the  realm  where  Dante 
and  Milton  will  hasten  to  welcome  him  as  their  well-loved  ne- 
ophyte, to  become,  perhaps  their  honored  peer.  Ever  up- 
ward !  His  manly  form  and  graceful  mien,  we  shall  see  no 
more.  He  has  ascended  to  meet  his  friends,  whose  voices, 
like  his  own,  have  resounded  through  these  halls — Wallace, 
Avery,  Arrington,  White,  Spring  and  Butterfield,  Baker, 
Hoes  and  Purple,  with  whom  they  have  been  conversing 
tender  also  their  greetings,  and,  opening  their  ranks,  re- 
ceive him  as  their  peer.  In  this  noble  company,  in  a  region 
where  time,  opportunity  and  space  are  infinite,  he  will  com- 
plete the  ascent,  so  worthily  commenced  before  he  departed 
from  these  halls  forever. 

"Brave,  skillful  antagonist !  Powerful,  yet  genial  and 
graceful  associate !  great  reasoner,  by  the  light  of  whose  in- 
telligence, judicial  wisdom  evolved  its  judgment!  Honored 
citizen,  generous  friend,  illustrious  advocate, — we  salute, 
and  bid  thee  farewell !" 

Oliver  Cromwell  Gray  afifiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge 
in  1854,  and  was  elected  Master  the  same  year. 

Oliver  Cromwell  Gray  departed  this  life  on  Monday 
evening,  July  31,  1871.  Worshipful  Brother  Robert  Hen- 
ning  called  a  special  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge, 
No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Tuesday  evening,  August  i.  1871. 
A  large  number  of  the  brethren  were  present.  Worshipful 
brother  Henning  announced  the  death  of  brother  O.  C. 
Gray,  and  stated  that  the  object  of  the  meeting  was  to  make 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  229 

the  necessary  arrangements  for  attending-  the  funeral,  it  hav- 
ing been  his  request  that  this  Lodge  perform  the  last  sad 
office  of  consigning  his  remains  to  Mother  Earth.  Broth- 
er L.  A.  Rising  was  appointed  Marshal,  and  brothers  J.  B. 
Rice,  James  O'Donnell,  David  Batcheller  and  John  Stout 
pall-bearers,  and,  on  motion,  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  41,  I.  O. 
O.  F.,  was  requested  tO'  appoint  four  pall-bearers  to  act  in 
conjunction  with  those  appointed  by  Occidental  Lodge. 
Brothers  J.  B.  Rice,  John  Stout  and  W.  S.  Easton  were  ap- 
pointed a  committee  on  resolutions.  (No  resolutions  on 
record.) 

Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  met  in  special  communication 
August  2,  1871,  at  2  o'clock  p.  m.,  when  a  procession  was 
formed  by  brother  L.  A.  Rising,  Marshal,  and  proceeded  to 
the  residence  of  our  late  brother,  O.  C.  Gray,  where  his  re- 
mains were  taken  in  charge  and  conveyed  to  the  Episcopal 
church,  where  religious  services  were  held,  after  which  they 
were  conveyed  to  the  cemetery  and  consigned  to  the  earih 
with  the  impressive  ceremonies  of  our  order. 

At  last  life's  powers  fail; 

The  silver  cord  is  loosed,  the  wheel 
Of  life,  and  golden  bov/1  are  broken; 

The  sunny  days  return  no  more; 
There  comes  through  every  avenue,  the  token 

That  Death  is  knocking  at  the  door! 
The  grinders  cease;   the  eyes  grow  dim; 
Gray  hairs  are  blossoming  above; 
The  ear  no  more  receives  the  happy  hymn. 

The  heart  no  more  is  kindled  up  with  love; 
The  ruffian.  Death,  his  work  completes. 

The  mourners  go  about  the  streets, 
Our  souls  with  sympathy  to  move! 

Beneath  the  green  springs  we  entomb 
Him,  the  delight  of  the  Mason's  home! 


230  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


LOTHROP  PERKINS. 

Brother  Lothrop  Perkins  was  born  at  Middleboro,  Mass., 
in  1844.  He  came  to  Ottawa  in  1864,  and  clerked  for  S. 
B.  Gridley,  who  had  a  general  store  on  Court  street.  He 
afterwards  became  a  partner  of  Mr.  Gridley.  He  also  was 
bookkeeper  for  W,  H.  W.  Cushman,  and  managed  his  af- 
fairs for  some  little  time.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  Ottawa  Gas  Company. 

Brother  Perkins  became  one  of  the  active,  useful  and  pub- 
lic-spirited men  whom  the  community  get  accumstomed  to 
lean  upon,  and,  being  naturally  large-hearted,  full  of  genial- 
ity and  popular  to  a  degree,  no  doubt,  had  he  lived,  he  would 
have  been  advanced  to  a  most  enviable  place  in  the  service 
of  the  people.  He  was  a  man,  no  less  noted  for  his  ability 
and  efficiency  in  all  he  undertook,  than  for  his  wonderful 
magnetism,  that  seemed  to  bring  every  resource  sponta- 
neously to  his  aid. 

His  funeral  was  under  the  auspices  of  Occidental  Lodge. 
Members  of  the  Blue  Lodges  were  present  from  every  Lodge 
in  La  Salle  county.  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10,  Knights 
Templar,  acted  as  escort.  Knights  Templar  were  present 
from  Peru,  Mendota,  Morris  and  Joliet,  and  the  local  mem- 
bers of  Oriental  Consistory,  32°,  Valley  of  Chicago,  were 
present. 

The  funeral  cortage  was  the  most  imposing  ever  wit- 
nessed in  Ottawa.  It  was  headed  by  the  police  in  full  uni- 
form, city  council  in  carriages,  fire  department  and  members 
of  the  board  of  supervisors,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  and 
which  was  in  session  when  he  died,  the  Knights  Templar  in 
full  uniform,  Occidental  Lodge  and  brethren  of  the  Blue 
Lodges,  the  officers  and  pall-bears  in  silk  hats  and  Prince 
Albert  coats,  which,  with  their  white  gloves  and  aprons, 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  23  I 

made  one  of  the  most  imposing  and  significant  Masonic  fu- 
nerals ever  held  in  Ottawa. 

The  beautiful  and  impressive  Masonic  burial  service  was 
most  impressively  rendered  at  the  grave,  when  all  that  re- 
mained of  our  beloved  friend  and  brother  was  consigned  to 
his  last  resting  place. 

Brother  Perkins  was  a  member  of  Occidental  Lodge, 
No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  zy,  R.  A. 
M.,  Oriental  Council,  No.  63,  R.  &  S.  M.,  Ottawa  Com- 
mandery.  No.  10,  K.  T.,  Oriental  Consistory,  32°,  Valley 
of  Chicae:o. 


232  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


SONG. 

When  autumn's  chilly  winds  complain, 
And  red  leaves  withered  fail, 

We  know  that  spring  will  laugh  again, 
And  leaf  and   flower  recall. 

But  when  love's  saddening  autumn  wears 
The  hues  that  death  presage, 

No  spring  in  winter's  lap  prepares 
A  second  golden  age. 

So  when  life's  autumn  sadly  sighs, 
Yet  smiles  its  cold  tears  through, 

No  spring  with  warm  and  sunny  skies. 
The  soul's  youth  will  renew. 

Love  blooms  but  once  and  dies  for  all, 

Life  has  no  second  spring, 
The  frost  must  come,  the  snow  must  fall. 

Loud  as  the  lark  may  sing. 

O  Love!     O  Life!  ye  fade  like  flowers. 

That  droop  and  die  in  June. 
The  present,  ah!  too  short,  is  ours. 

And  autumn  comes  too  soon. 

ALBERT  PIKE. 


UbhMY 

Of  (HE 

UNIVtKSIIV  Of  ILLINOIS 


WASHINGTON  BUSHNELL 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  233 


WASHINGTON    BUSHNELL. 

One  of  the  greatest  orations  ever  delivered  in  Ottawa, 
Illinois,  was  delivered  by  Washington  Bushnell  on  July  4, 
1854.  In  closing,  he  said :  "Here  is  still  my  country,  zeal- 
ous though  modest,  innocent  though  free,  patient  of  toil, 
serene  amidst  alarms,  inflexible  in  faith,  invincible  in  arms." 

Great  truths  from  a  wonderful  man.  It  was  my  pleas- 
ure to  know  Washington  Bushnell  personally  when  I  was  a 
mere  boy,  and  as  I  grew  to  manhood  my  admiration  of  the 
man  became  stronger  and  stronger.  He  was  one  of  Illi- 
nois greatest  men.  He  was  a  powerful  advocate  in  jury 
trial,  eloquent  and  convincing  in  his  appeals  to  the  people 
upon  the  political  questions  of  the  day,  keen,  analytical  and 
persuasive  in  his  parliamentary  debates  in  the  State  Senate 
during  the  most  exciting  period  in  the  history  of  our 
country. 

Persons  who  were  familiar  with  his  impressive  manner 
and  towering  form  will  appreciate  his  appeal  to  his  hearers 
in  closing  his  speech  in  the  eventful  debate  in  the  State 
Senate  of  Illinois,  in  the  winter  of  1862  and  1863,  on  the 
resolution  declaring  the  war  a  failure:  "And  now,  I  call 
upon  you,  young  men,  by  all  you  are,  or  hope  to  be,  by  all 
that  is  virtuous  and  pure  on  earth,  and  by  all  that  is  sacred 
in  Heaven,  to  stand  by  your  country  in  its  fearful  strug- 
gle for  the  supremacy  for  humanity  and  for  liberty,  over  in- 
justice and  oppression.  I  call  upon  you,  mothers,  by  that 
which  never  fails  in  women,  the  love  of  your  offspring, 
teach  them  as  they  climb  upon  you  knees  and  lean  upon 
your  bosom  the  blessings  of  liberty.  Swear  them  upon  the 
altar  of  liberty  to  be  true  to  their  country  and  never  for- 
sake her.  I  call  upon  you,  old  men,  for  your  prayers  and 
benedictions,  for  the  success  of  our  country  in  this  the  hour 


234  '  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

of  her  extremity.  May  not  your  last  sun  go  down  in  the 
West  upon  a  nation  of  slaves,  but  when  you  shall  breathe 
out  life  in  death,  may  your  eyes  behold  the  flag  of  our 
glorious  Union,  floating  upon  freedom's  air,  without  one 
star  missing  or  stripe  erased,  securing  alike  freedom  to  all ; 
and  may  the  same  glorious  scene  be  witnessed  by  yoin^ 
children's  children,  until  the  last  knell  of  time  shall  be  heard 
ringing  out  upon  chaos,  'time  was,  but  is  not.'  " 

Washington  Bushnell  was  a  powerful  man,  both  phys- 
ically and  mentally,  being  six  feet  three  inches  in  height.  He 
was  more  than  ordinarily  commanding  in  appearance,  and 
was  conspicuous  among  men.  In  disposition,  he  was  gentle 
and  lovable,  charitable  and  human  to  an  unusual  degree. 
No  appeal  for  Masonic  aid  ever  passed  him  without  a  gen- 
erous response.  He  was  devoted  to  his  family,  and  fur- 
nished them  one  of  the  most  delightful  and  commodious 
homes  in  Ottawa. 

Brother  Washington  Bushnell  was  the  youngest  son  of 
Stephen  Bushnell,  a  descendant  of  the  Puritans,  who  came 
over  in  the  Mayflower.  His  mother  was  Vincy  Tuttle,  the 
daughter  of  Joel  Tuttle,  who  was  a  veteran  of  the  Revolu- 
tionary war. 

Washington  Bushnell  was  born  in  Sullivan,  Madison 
county,  N.  Y.,  September  30,  1825.  Graduated  at  the  Na- 
tional Law  School,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  1853.  Was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  came  to  Ottawa  the  same  year,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Gray,  Avery  &  Bushnell, 
the  strongest  firm  of  practitioners  in  Illinois.  He  was 
elected  to  the  State  Senate  in  i860,  and  re-elected  in  1864. 
Was  elected  Attorney-General  of  the  state  in  1868.  Was 
State's  Attorney  of  La  Salle  county  from  1857  to  1861,  in- 
clusive. He  was  also  city  attorney  of  Ottawa  in  1853  and 
1854.  In  the  administration  of  the  office  of  State's  Attor- 
ney he  showed  great  ability.     He  was  impressive  in  debate, 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  235 

and  wielded  with  effect  the  arts  of  oratory,  of  which  he  was 
master,  and  which,  in  after  Hfe,  in  the  Senate,  on  the  stump 
and  before  juries,  brought  him  great  fame. 

Brother  Bushnell  was  a  member  of  the  Constitutional 
Convention  in  1861.  The  first  statutory  law  in  the  United 
States,  giving  women  equal  property  rights,  was  placed  on 
the  statute  books  of  Illinois  by  a  fifteen  minutes  speech  by 
Washington  Bushnell,  before  the  State  Senate  of  Illinois, 
while  he  was  a  member  of  that  body. 

Washington  Bushnell  was  a  personal  friend  of  both 
Abraham  Lincoln  and  Governor  Yates  during  the  stormy 
days  of  i86i-'65.  He  married  Phoebe  M.  Charles,  daughter 
of  Christian  H.  Charles,  who  was  a  member  of  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  1 14,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky. 

He  was  raised  in  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  December 
12,  1864.  He  never  held  any  Masonic  office  because  of  his 
many  other  duties  occupying  all  of  his  time,  but  he  was  a 
zealous  Mason  from  principle,  and  gave  his  aid  and  influence 
whenever  called  for. 

He  died  June  30,  1885,  and  was  buried  with  Masonic 
honors.  He  left  surviving,  his  widow,  Phoebe  M.  Bushnell, 
and  Vincy  T.,  Juliet  C,  Susan  B.,  Sylvia  A.  and  Phoebe, 
his  daughters,  and  Theron  B.,  his  son. 

How  fast  they  fall — those  we  have  known, 
As  leaves  from  autumn  branches  blown, 

So  quickly  sear! 
Yes,  one  by  one  they  drop  away, 
As  withered  leaves  fall  and  stray 

And  disappear. 


236  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


LONG  AGO. 
I. 

We  wandered  in  a  garden  fair, 

When  summer  sun  was  shining. 
And  laden  was  the  balmy  air 
With  scent  of  roses  rich  and  rare 

Around  us  intertwining. 
There  trilled  the  thrush  his  glorious  song; 
There  thrilled  the  echoes  all  night  long, 

The  warbling  nightingale. 
You  taught  me  all  each  songster  said, 
And  in  each  floweret's  heart  you  read, 

Some  hidden  tale. 
You  said  their  message  I  should  know; 
'Twas  simple  as  an  easy  rhyme — 
But  that  was  once  upon  a  time 
Long  ago! 

II. 

We  parted  in  a  woodland  glade 
When  autumn's  woods  were  sighing. 
In  gold  and  russet  bright  arrayed 
A  glowing  canopy  displayed 

The  summer  leaves  a-dying; 
And,  but  the  wind,  no  other  sound 
Than  a  leaf  fluttered  to  the  ground; 

And  a  far-off  robin  singing, 
We  heard.    You  guessed  my  thoughts  and  said: 
"In  spring,  the  swallows  who  have  fled 

Will  back  be  winging; 
The  trees  a  bright  emerald  show, 
The  rose  a  richer  crimson  glow 
Than  any  gleamed  in  this  year's  prime." 
All  this  was  once  upon  a  time. 
Long  ago. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  237 


THOMAS   JEFFERSON  WADE. 

Father  Wade  was  born  at  Lunsbury,  Mass.,  September 
3,  1 80 1,  and  had  reached  the  ripe  old  age  of  eighty-five 
years  at  the  time  of  his  death,  more  than  one-half  of 
which  was  spent  as  a  laborer  in  the  Masonic  vineyard. 
And  of  all  the  degrees,  the  author  of  this  work  has  had  con- 
ferred on  him,  none  were  more  impressive  to  him  than  that 
of  the  first  degree,  as  conferred  upon  him  by  Father  Wade 
on  that  April  night  in  1879.  It  was  a  gentle,  yet  forceful, 
tender  and  afTfectionate,  eloquent  and  impressive  exemplifica- 
tion of  that  most  beautiful  first  step  in  Masonry.  It  made 
a  deep  and  lasting  impression  on  my  mind,  and  now,  twenty- 
eight  years  since,  it  is  just  as  vivid  as  on  that  eventful  night. 

Father  Wade  was  made  a  Mason  in  Joliet  Lodge,  No. 
10,  in  1 84 1.  (The  charter  of  this  Lodge  was  revoked  in 
1845,  2-"d  a  dispensation  for  Mt.  Joliet  Lodge  granted  by 
the  Grand  Master.)  He  was  appointed  one  of  the  Deacons. 
On  June  16,  1842,  he  was  elected  Senior  Warden  of  Joliet 
Lodge,  and  on  December  27th,  of  the  same  year,  Secretary 
On  November  20,  1843,  ^^'^^  re-elected  Secretary.  On  Feb- 
ruary I,  1844,  l^e  "^^'^s  elected  Master.  The  charter  of  this 
Lodge  was  revoked  in  1845,  and  Father  Wade  affiliated 
with  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13,  Peru,  111.,  July  17,  1845. 
On  June  4,  1846,  he  was  elected  Master,  and  on  June  10, 
1847,  "^vas  re-elected  Master. 

On  November  23,  1848,  he  affiliated  with  Mt.  Joliet 
Lodge,  No.  42,  at  Joliet,  111.,  and  on  February  15,  1849,  was 
elected  Senior  Warden,  and  was  elected  Master  in  1850. 

He  affiliated  v/ith  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  in  1854, 
and  was  Master  during  the  years  1855,  '57,  '59. 

Father  Wade  was  a  patriarch  in  Free  Masonry,  and,  in 
addition  to  the  offices  above  held,  he  served  acceptably  a 


238  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

number  of  years  as  Grand  Lecturer,  exemplifying  the  ritual 
known  as  the  Preston  and  Barney  lectures,  and  a  Masonic 
Lodge  in  Bloomington  is  called  the  Wade-Barney  Lodge, 
in  honor  of  Father  Wade  and  John  Barney.  He  was  also 
District  Deputy  Grand  Master  of  the  Ninth  Masonic  Dis- 
trict for  several  years.  He  was  also  Grand  King  of  the 
Grand  Chapter  of  Royal  Arch  Masons. 

In  all  the  walks  of  life,  Father  Wade  was  an  upright 
man  and  Mason,  whose  heart  was  filled  with  kindness,  and 
Who  never  made  a  brow  look  dark, 
Nor  caused  a  tear  but  when  he  died. 

He  was  broad  and  catholic  in  his  views,  and  to  all  to 
whom  Christianity  holds  out  its  promise  of  an  existence  con- 
tinued somewhere,  where  the  earthly  virtues  shall  continue 
and  grow,  it  is  a  matter  of  great  exultation  that  a  soul  so 
pure  and  lofty  has  passed  on,  and  without  a  stain  to  another 
stage  of  being  where  "That  which  is  true  life  lives  on." 

Father  Wade's  life  was  not  fragmentary  and  unfinished, 
but  full-orbed  and  complete.  Death  was  not  an  interruption, 
but  a  climax.  His  sun  neither  clouded  nor  eclipsed,  but  fol- 
lowed the  appointed  path  to  the  western  horizon. 

The  funeral  services  were  conducted  by  Occidental 
Lodge,  No.  40,  and  I,  then  Master  of  Occidental  Lodge, 
pronounced  the  last  farewell  to  the  dear  old  friend  and 
brother,  whose  command  revealed  to  me  the  first  "light"  of 
Masonry. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  239 


THOMAS   COXEY  FULLERTON. 

Brother  Thomas  C.  Fullerton  was  born  in  lower  Merion 
township,  Montgomery  county,  Pa.,  August  21,  1839,  and 
came  to  IlHnois  with  his  parents  in  October,  1855,  settHng 
on  a  farm  in  Freedom  township.  La  Salle  county.  He  en- 
listed in  the  army  September  25,  1861,  as  a  private  in  Com- 
pany A,  Sixty-fourth  Illinois,  "Yates  Sharpshooters,"  and 
through  meritorious  services  and  deeds  of  bravery  and  hero- 
ism won  promotions  until  April  i,  1864,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed Assistant  Inspector  on  the  staff  of  General  Spraguc. 
He  also  held  the  same  position  on  the  staff  of  General 
Dodge.  He  was  aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  General  Ran- 
som at  the  time  of  General  Ransom's  death.  He  was  the 
last  officer  to  speak  to  General  McPherson  a  moment  before 
he  was  killed.  He  was  a  favorite  of  General  Dodge  and  a 
friend  of  General  Ransom. 

After  the  war  closed  he  entered  the  office  of  Glover, 
Cook  &  Campbell,  and  began  the  study  of  law,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  January,  1866.  He  opened  an  office  in 
Hunts ville,  Alabama,  August  24,  1866,  and  was  appointed 
Assistant  United  States  District  Attorney  for  the  Northern 
District  of  Alabama.  He  was  subsequently  appointed  reg- 
istrar in  bankruptcy,  and  served  until  January,  187 1,  when 
he  resigned  and  removed  to  Washington,  D.  C,  to  practice 
before  the  various  courts  and  commissions.  He  removed 
to  Ottawa  in  November,  1881,  and  continued  the  practice 
of  his  profession.  He  was  appointed  Master-in-Chancery  in 
1888,  which  office  he  filled  until  his  death. 

Brother  Fullerton  was  twice  married.  In  1861,  at  Free- 
dom, La  Salle  county,  Illinois,  he  married  Almeda  D.  Dyer, 
who  died  while  he  lived  in  Washington,  D.  C.  By  this 
union  he  had  one  son,  Wm.  D.  Fullerton,  who  is  now  one 


240  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

of  the  leading  practitioners  at  the  La  Salle  county  bar,  and 
one  of  our  most  distinguished  Masons. 

On  July  15,  1886,  he  married  Vincy,  eldest  daughter 
of  brother  Washington  Bushnell.  To  them  were  born  four 
children,  Charles  Bushnell,  Theron,  Almeda  and  Anne,  who, 
as  they  are  growing  to  manhood  and  womanhood,  are  the 
joy  and  pride  of  their  mother. 

Brother  Fullerton  died  while  a  candidate  for  Congress, 
August  2,  1894,  having  received  the  Republican  nomination 
for  that  office.  His  election  was  a  foregone  conclusion,  and 
once  a  member  of  that  body  his  future  would  certainly  have 
been  brilliant.  His  sudden  death  was  a  shock  to  his  many 
friends  and  fellow  citizens,  by  whom  he  was  held  in  the  high- 
est esteem,  as  evidenced  by  the  participation  in  the  last  sad 
rites  by  a  host  of  men  of  fame  and  position  from  far  and 
near. 

In  the  private  and  social  walks  of  life  brother  Thomas 
C.  Fullerton  enjoyed  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  a  wide 
circle  of  friends,  greater  than  usually  fall  to  the  lot  of  many 
others.  He  was  in  every  sense  a  pure,  upright,  manly  man, 
strong,  yet  unobtrusive,  warm  hearted  and  generous  in  his 
ways,  tenacious  in  his  friendships,  and  though  tolerant  of 
common  human  weaknesses,  hated  cringing  meanness,  dis- 
honesty, hypocrisy  and  littleness.  As  a  Mason,  he  was  true 
to  its  teachings,  as  he  was  loyal  to  his  country,  devoted  to 
his  family  and  faithful  to  every  trust  reposed  in  him. 

He  was  raised  in  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  February 

25,   1864.     Was  elected  Senior  Warden  in  1885,  and  was 

Senior  Deacon  in  1886.     He  was  also  a  member  of  Shab- 

bona  Chapter,   No.   ■}^'] ,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  Ottawa 

Commandery,  No.  10,  Knights  Templar. 

Might  came, 

Releasing  him  from  labor. 

When  a  hand,  as  from  the  darkness, 

Touched  him,  and  he  slept. 


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JOHN  DEAN  CATON 

The  first  one  raised  in  Occidental  Lodge.      ^Vorsllipful  Master  in 
1846.  1850  and  1851. 


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JOHN  DEAN   CATON. 

Brother  John  Dean  Caton  was  born  in  Monroe,  Orange 
county,  New  York,  May  19,  18 12.  He  was  the  son  of  Robert 
Caton,  a  man  of  small  means.  Brother  Caton  came  west  to 
Chicago  in  1833,  and  was  the  second  lawyer  to  open  an  office 
in  what  is  now  the  great  western  metropolis.  He  practiced 
law  in  Chicago  until  1839,  when  he  moved  to  a  farm  he  pur- 
chased in  Will  county,  Illinois.  He  remained  on  the  farm 
but  three  years.  Came  to  Ottawa  and  resumed  the  practice 
of  his  profession,  when  he  was  appointed  Associate  Justice 
of  the  Supreme  Court  to  succeed  Justice  Ford.  He  was 
later  elected  to  the  same  office  by  the  General  Assembly,  and 
afterwards,  when  the  constitution  was  revised  in  1848.  was 
re-elected  by  the  people.  He  was  chosen  Chief  Justice  by 
his  associates  in  1855,  serving  until  the  following  June.  He 
was  re-elected  in  1857,  ^"^  served  as  Chief  Justice  from 
1858  until  1864,  when  he  resigned  to  take  personal  charge 
of  hi=  immense  personal  interests.  It  is  proper  to  here  state 
that  being  one  of  the  first  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Court  in 
Illinois  he  had  no  precedents  from  which  to  base  his  decis- 
ions, and  to  this  day  many  of  the  decisions  of  Judge  Caton 
are  the  law  of  the  land  and  form  the  groundwork,  or  foun- 
dations, of  the  decisions  of  the  jurists  of  the  present  day. 
He  was  a  man  of  immense  brain  power,  and  mind  industry, 
most  extensively  traveled  in  this  and  foreign  countries,  and 
was  the  author  of  several  valuable  books  on  travel  and  nat- 
ural history.  He  had  an  extensive  acquaintance  with  prom- 
inent men  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  He  was  among  the 
first  to  be  made  a  Mason  in  Occidental  Lodge,  while  the 
Lodge  was  yet  working  under  dispensation.  John  Barney, 
who  introduced  the  Prestonian  system  of  lectures  in  Illinois 
and  the  Mississippi  valley,  conferred  the  degrees  on  brother 


242  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Caton,  December  11,  1845.  Brother  Caton  was  elected 
Master  of  Occidental  Lodge  June  23,  1846,  and  was  install- 
ed into  office  as  Worshipful  Master  when  the  Lxxlge  was 
constituted  under  charter,  October  10,  1846,  and  presided 
until  June  18,  1847,  when  brother  G.  L.  Thompson  was 
elected  Master.  Brother  Caton  was  also  Master  of  Occiden- 
tal Lodge  in  1851,  and  took  quite  an  active  interest  in  the 
craft  until  the  pressure  of  other  affairs  occupied  all  of  his 
time. 

He  was  of  large  physique,  and  a  man  that  would  attract 
attention  wherever  he  went.  Was  social  and  affable  in  dis- 
position. He  built  a  beautiful  home  on  the  north  bluff, 
and,  in  connection  with  it,  maintained  a  beautiful  park, 
stocked  with  elk,  deer  and  antelope.  He  also  had  a  beauti- 
ful home  in  Chicago,  where  he  died  July  30,  1895.  His  re- 
mains are  buried  in  Ottawa  avenue  cemetery. 


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AUTUMN. 

It  is  the  evening  of  a  pleasant  day. 

In  these  old  woods.    The  sun  profusely  flings 
His  golden  light  through  every  narrow  way 

That  winds  among  the  trees:     His  spirit  clings 

In  orange  mist  around  the  snowy  wings 
Of  many  a  patient  cloud  that  now,  since  noon, 

Over  the  western  mountain  idly  swings. 
Waiting,  when  night-shades  come,  alas!  too  soon. 

To  veil  the  timid  blushes  of  the  virgin  noon. 

The  trees  with  crimson  robes  are  garmented 

Clad  with  frail  brilliancy  by  the  twinkling  frost 

For  the  young  leaves  that  spring  with  beauty  fed 
Their  greenness  and  luxuriance  have  lost. 
Gaining  new  beauty,  at  too  dear  a  cost, — 

Unnatural  beauty,  essence  of  decay. 

Too  soon,  upon  the  harsh  winds  wildly  tossed, 

Leaving  the  naked  trees  ghost-like  and  gray. 

These  leaf-flocks,  like  vain  hopes,  will  vanish  quite  away. 

How  does  your  sad,  yet  calm,  contented  guise, 

Ye  melancholy  Autumn  solitudes! 
With  my  own  feelings  softly  harmonize; 

For  though  I  love  the  hoar  and  solemn  woods, 

In  all  their  manifold  and  changing  moods. 
In  gloom  and  sunshine,  storm  and  quietness, 

By  day,  and  when  the  dim  night  on  them  broods. 
Their  lightsome  glades,  their  deep,  dark  mysteries, 

Yet  a  sad  heart  best  loves  a  still,  calm  scene  like  this. 

Soon  will  the  year,  like  this  sweet  day,  have  fled. 

With  swift  feet  speeding  noiselessly  and  fast. 
As  a  ghost  speeds  to  join  its  kindred  dead, 

In  the  dark  realms  of  that  mysterious  Vast. 

The  shadow  peopled,  vague  and  infinite  Past. 
Life's  current  downward  flows,  a  rapid  stream, 

With  clouds  and  shadows  often  overcast. 
Yet  lighted  by  full  many  a  sunny  beam, 

Of  happiness,  like  sweet  thoughts  in  a  gloomy  dream. 

Like  the  brown  leaves,  our  loved  ones  drop  away. 
One  after  one,  into  the  dark  abyss, 


244  I'HE  WHITE  APRON. 

Of  sleep  and  death;  the  frosts  of  trouble  lay 

Their  withering  touch  upon  our  happiness. 

Even  as  the  hoar-frosts  of  the  Autumn  kiss 
The  green  life  from  the  unoffending  leaves; 

And  Love,  and  Hope,  and  Youth's  warm  cheerfulness. 
Flit  from  the  heart; — Age  lonely  sits  and  grieves. 

Or  sadly  smiles,  while  youth  his  day-dream  fondly  weaves. 

Day  draweth  to  its  close:  Night  cometh  on: 

Death,  a  dim  shape,  stands  on  Life's  western  verge. 

Casting  his  shadow  on  the  startled  sun, 
A  deeper  gloom  that  seemeth  to  emerge 
From  endless  night.    Forward  he  bends  to  urge 

His  eyeless  steeds,  fleet  as  the  tempest's  blast; 
Hark!     Hear  we  not  Eternity's  grave  surge. 

Thundering  anear?    At  the  dread  sound  aghast. 

Time,  pale  with  frantic  terror,  hurries  headlong  past. 

1842.  ALBERT  PIKE. 


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JAMES    McMANUS. 

Brother  McManus  was  born  March  17,  1836.  He  be- 
came a  zealous  worker  in  the  Masonic  vineyard,  and  was 
held  in  high  esteem  by  the  brethren  of  Occidental  Lodge, 
and  we,  who  were  his  co-workers  in  Masonry,  reflect  with 
fondness,  his  characteristics  as  a  man  and  a  Mason. 

He  was  one  of  our  very  best  ritualists,  and  possessed  a 
wonderful  faculty  for  committing  and  retaining  the  esoteric 
work,  which  he  made  his  particular  study.  It  was  he  who 
introduced  the  present  standard  work  in  Occidental  Lodge. 
He  was  dignified  in  his  actions  and  firm  in  his  decisions  as 
a  presiding  officer. 

Brother  McManus  was  an  exemplary  citizen,  and  faith- 
ful to  every  trust  reposed  in  him.  He  was  true  to  his 
friends,  and,  as  a  husband  and  father,  loving  and  indulgent. 
But  the  family  circle  and  the  Lodge  that  once  knew  him  shall 
know  him  no  more  on  earth.  His  earthly  work  is  finished, 
and  we  believe  has  stood  the  test  of  the  overseer's  square, 
and  from  the  Supreme  Grand  Master  has  he  received  the 
welcome  acclamation,  "Well  done,  good  and  faithful  serv- 
ant." 

Brother  McManus  affiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge,  No. 
40,  December  17,  1877.  Was  Senior  Warden  in  i88o-'8i ; 
Worshipful  Master  in  i882-'83;  Secretary  i897-'98,  until 
his  death,  September  23,  1898, 

His  life  was  gentle, 
And  the  elements  so  mixed  him 
That  nature  might  stand  up  and  say 
To  all  the  world:    This  was  a  man. 


246  THE  WHITE  ArRON. 


DANIEL  FLETCHER  HITT. 

Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt  was  born  in  Bourbon  county,  Ky., 
June  13,  18 10.  He  was  a  man  of  marked  ability  and  of 
more  than  ordinary  intelligence.  He  was  a  man  of  honor 
and  integrity,  which  to  him  was  more  precious  than  the 
riches  of  the  world.  He  was  of  fine  physique,  six  feet  two 
inches  in  height,  and  as  erect  and  straight  as  an  Indian.  His 
features  were  of  the  truly  Grecian  type,  and  he  had  an  eye 
like  an  eagle.  To  once  see  him  was  to  ever  remember  him. 
His  personal  appearance,  his  generous  impulses,  his  native 
dignity,  and  his  superb  manliness,  these  all  conspired  to 
make  him  one  of  God's  true  noblemen.  His  "religious  ex- 
perience" was  the  joy  of  doing  good;  his  confession  the 
sublime  but  silent  testimony  of  a  noble  life ;  his  creed,  the 
golden  rule. 

By  profession,  he  was  a  civil  engineer.  He  completed 
his  literary  education  in  Oxford,  Ohio,  and  came  as  a  civil 
engineer  to  Illinois  in  the  employment  of  the  Government 
in  the  preliminary  survey  for  the  construction  of  the  Illinois 
and  Michigan  canal  in  1830,  and  located  at  Ottawa.  He 
also  spent  much  of  his  time  at  Galena,  111.,  while  surveying 
the  wild  prairies  of  northern  Illinois  preparatory  for  the 
staking  of  claims  by  the  settlers  who  were  then  moving  to 
Illinois. 

He  saw  active  service  in  the  Blackhawk  war,  and  was  at 
that  time  attached  to  Gov.  Stephenson's  rangers.  He  also 
saw  service  in  the  Mexican  war  and  was  Colonel  of  the 
Fifty-third  Illinois  during  the  Civil  war.  But  upon  receiving 
injuries,  from  being  thrown  from  his  horse  at  the  battle  of 
La  Grange,  he  was  compelled  to  resign  January  2,  1863.  He 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Shiloh,  Gravel  Ridge,  the  Rus- 
sell House,  Corinth  and  La  Grange,    He  was  made  a  Mason 


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in  Alexandria- Washington  Lodge,  No.  22,  A.  F.  &  A.  M., 
Alexandria,  Va.,  and  affiliated  with  Far  West  Lodge,  No. 
29,  Galena,  111.,  working  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Missouri,  July  31,  1841.  He  affiliated  with  Occi- 
dental Lodge  in  1854.  Demitted  in  1857;  became  a  charter 
member  of  Cement  Lodge,  at  Utica,  111.,  1859.  Re-affiliated 
with  Occidental  Lodge  in  1882.  He  assisted  in  and  encour- 
aged the  organization  of  Ottawa  Lodge,  which  obtained  its 
charter  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky  in  1839,  and,  in 
his  zeal  for  the  fraternity,  advanced  the  price  to  obtain  the 
charter.  There  is  no  record  that  he  affiliated  with  Ottawa 
Lodge.  Thus,  in  his  early  manhood,  he  joined  the  mystic 
order  and  stood  loyal  by  its  banners,  exemplifying  its  teach- 
mgs  throughout  his  life.  He  was  made  a  Royal  Arch  Mason 
in  Fredericksburg  Qiapter,  Va.,  and  was  knighted  in  Ottawa 
Commandery,  No.  10.  Passed  the  circle  of  perfection  in  Ori- 
ental Council,  No.  63,  R.  &  S.  M.,  and  constituted  a  sublime 
Prince  of  the  Royal  Secret,  32°,  in  Oriental  Consistory, 
Valley  of  Chicago. 

He  was  laid  to  rest  in  the  Ottawa  avenue  cemetery  May 
13,  1899.  A  large  cortege  accompanied  his  remains  to  their 
last  resting  place  in  the  valley  he  loved  so  well.  Oriental 
Consistory,  Valley  of  Chicago,  of  which  he  was  an  esteemed 
frater,  was  represented  by  Gil.  W.  Barnard,  23°,  Chicago, 
and  W.  L.  Milligan,  33°,  D.  Hapeman,  32^,  and  Theo.  C. 
Gibson,  32°,  Ottawa. 

His  casket  was  surrounded  by  many  beautiful  floral  trib- 
utes, among  which  was  a  beautiful  Masonic  tribute  from 
Oriental  Consistory,  on  which  was  the  motto,  in  purple  im- 
mortelles, "Deus  Meumque  Jus,"  God  is  Just.  A  good  man 
and  true.  Farewell !  A  last,  long,  fond  farewell !  Dear 
friend  and  brother.    Peace  to  your  ashes. 


248  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


LOVE'S   HARVESTING. 

Nay,  do  not  quarrel  with  the  seasons,  dear, 

Nor  make  an  enemy  of  iriendly  time. 

The  fruit  and  foliage  of  the  falling  year 

Rival  the  buds  and  blossoms  of  its  prime. 

Is  not  the  harvest  moon  as  round  and  bright 

As  that  to  which  the  nightingales  did  sing? 

And  thou,  that  call'st  thyself  my  satellite. 

Wilt  seem  in  autumn  all  thou  art  in  spring. 

When  steadfast  sunshine  follows  fitful  rain. 

And  gleams  the  sickle,  where  once  passed  the  plow, 

Since  tended  green  hath  grown  to  mellow  grain 

Love  then  will  gather  what  it  scattereth  now. 

And,  like  contented  reaper,  rest  its  head 

Upon  the  sheaves  itself  hath  harvested. 

ALFRED  AUSTIN. 


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SOLOMON   DEGEN. 

While  we  profess  to  love  the  living,  we  cannot  but  mourn 
the  dead,  and  it  is  my  privilege,  knowing  brother  Solomon 
Degen  as  I  knew  him,  to  indulge  the  thought  that  the  beauti- 
ful and  sublime  virtues  of  Masonry  cheered  his  fainting  heart 
as  he  passed  into  the  great  unknown.  And  while  we  tear- 
fully note  the  fact  that  upon  his  venerable  head  glistened  the 
frosts  of  nearly  three-quarters  of  a  century,  and  that  he  was 
not  exempt  from  the  trials  of  our  common  humanity,  let  us 
dry  our  eyes  in  the  genial  warmth  of  that  radiance  which  has 
produced  the  blessings  of  each  succeeding  season,  and  let  us 
discern  in  the  sweet  memories  by  which  his  name  is  en- 
wreathed  the  fragrance  which  imperceptibly  distils  upon  the 
willing  and  obedient  of  all  God's  creations. 

Brother  Solomon  Degen  was  born  in  Shinsheim,  Ger- 
many, January  ii,  1831.  He  came  to  America  and  to  Ot- 
tawa in  1855,  where  he  entered  the  store  of  Lipman  Raugli, 
clothier,  as  clerk.  In  1857,  in  partnership  with  his  brother, 
Isaac,  he  opened  a  meat  market  at  the  corner  of  Columbus 
and  Madison  streets,  where  is  now  located  brother  Charles 
Campbell's  livery  barn,  which  they  conducted  until  1859, 
when  he  went  to  Colorado,  where  he  remained  for  one  year, 
and  returned  to  Ottawa,  where  he  embarked  in  business  with 
his  brothers,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  under  the  firm  name  of  Degen 
Bros.,  buyers,  shippers  and  importers  of  live  stock,  until 
1894,  when  he  retired. 

His  Masonic  record  began  in  1858,  when  he  was  raised 
to  the  sublime  degree  of  Master  Mason  in  Occidental  Lodge, 
No.  40,  since  which  time,  and  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
he  had  been  an  active  and  consistent  worker  in  the  quarries, 
and  it  is  not  in  disparagement  of  any  of  the  Past  Masters 
of  Occidental  Lodge  to  make  the  assertion,  broad  as  it  may 


250  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

seem,  that  to  brother  Solomon  Degen  is  Occidental  Lodge, 
No.  40,  indebted  for  its  existence  on  the  roll  of  Lodges 
owing  allegiance  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  to-day. 
There  are  but  few  of  the  veterans  of  Occidental  Lodge  on 
our  roll  of  membership  to-day.  Those  ante-dating  brother 
Degen  in  membership  are  brother  Wm.  Osman,  raised  in 
Occidental  Lodge,  June  13,  1846,  brother  John  F.  Nash, 
raised  185 1,  brother  Theodore  C.  Gibson,  raised  1856,  and 
brother  William  K.  Stewart,  raised  1857.  A  loyal  brother- 
hood of  men,  who  bore  the  burden  and  heat  of  the  day, 
and  stood  for  Occidental  Lodge  during  the  stormy  days 
after  the  destruction  of  the  Masonic  hall  and  opera  house 
block  by  fire,  December  27,  1874. 

Well,  do  I  remember  when  he  was  Master,  how,  when 
there  was  no  money  in  the  treasury  to  pay  necessary  ex- 
penses of  the  Lodge,  or  appeals  of  charity,  brother  Degen 
would  intercept  the  brethren,  as  he  met  them  on  the  street, 
and  demand  a  contribution  to  charity  or  for  necessary  ex- 
penses of  the  Lodge,  and  he  would  never  take  "No"  for  an 
answer.  Charity  was  one  of  his  distinguishing  characteris- 
tics, and  no  brother  appealed  to  him  in  vain,  nor  was  there 
a  petition  for  aid  ever  refused  by  Occidental  Lodge  during 
his  presence.  His  was  the  true  Masonic  charity,  and  we  re- 
call with  affection  his  frank  disposition,  his  active  charity, 
his  honesty  of  purpose,  the  sincerity  of  his  covenant,  the 
gentleness  of  his  love,  and  the  strength  of  his  attachments. 
To  our  latest  day,  the  memory  of  brother  Solomon  Degen 
will  be  to  us  a  pleasant  savor,  endeavoring,  as  we  shall,  to 
remember  him  not  with  the  upturned  face  and  pallid  lips  of 
the  dead,  but  in  his  best  estate,  when  his  presence  was  an 
inspiration  and  his  hearty  sincere  greeting  an  event  to  stir 
the  blood  of  a  stoic.  He  will  live  in  the  memory  of  his 
countless  friends  for  his  manly  qualities  and  his  unfailing 
devotion  to  principle.    His  was  a  big,  noble,  generous  heart. 


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Brother  Degen  was  an  active  worker  and  held  several  im- 
portant offices  in  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  yj,  R.  A.  M.,  and 
in  Oriental  Council,  No.  63,  R.  &  S.  M.  In  domestic  life 
he  was  without  reproach,  and  left  surviving  three  sons  and 
one  daughter,  who  were  the  joy  and  pride  of  his  fireside. 
He  lived  an  upright  and  honorable  life,  and  when  the  pale 
reaper  came  to  put  in  his  sickle,  he  so  gently  and  impercep- 
tibly drew  around  our  brother  the  mantle  of  dreamless 
slumber,  that  the  golden  gleam  of  an  endless  morning- 
glanced  upon  the  ripened  and  garnered  grain,  while  yet  the 
midnight  stars  were  reflected  in  the  tears  of  those  gathering 
in  somber  silence  about  the  cast-ofT  earthly  husk. 


252  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  DAY  STAR  IN  THE  EAST. 
I. 

Each  morning,  in  the  eastern  skies,  I  see 

The  star  that  morning  dares  to  call  its  own. 

Night's  myriads  it  has  outwatched,  outshone, 
Full  radiant  dawn  pales  not  its  majesty; 
Peer  of  the  sun,  his  herald  fit  and  free. 

Sudden  from  earth,  dark  heavy  mists  are  blown, 

The  city's  grimy  smoke  to  pillars  grown, 
Climbs  up  the  sky,  and  hides  the  star  from  me. 
Strange  that  a  film  of  smoke  can  blot  a  star! 

On  comes,  with  blinding  glare,  the  breathless  day; 

The  star  is  gone.  The  noon  doth  surer  lay 
Than  midnight  gloom,  athwart  its  light,  a  bar, 
But  steadfast  as  God's  angels,  planets  are. 

To-morrow's  dawn  will  show  its  changeless  ray. 

II. 

The  centuries  are  God's  days:  within  his  hand, 
Held  in  the  hollow,  as  a  balance  swings. 
Less  than  its  dust  are  all  our  temporal  things. 

Long  are  His  nights,  when  darkness  steeps  the  land; 

Thousands  of  years  fill  one  slow  dawn's  demand; 
The  human  calendar  its  measure  brings, 
Feeble  and  vain,  to  lift  the  soul  that  clings 

To  hope  for  light,  and  seeks  to  understand. 

The  centuries  are  God's  days;   the  greatest  least. 
In  His  esteem.    We  have  no  glass  to  sweep 

His  universe.    A  hand's  breadth  distance  dies 

To  our  poor  ears,  the  strain  whose  echoes  keep 
All  heaven  glad.    We  do  not  grope  and  creep. 

There  always  is  a  Day-star  in  the  skies. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  253 


DOUGLAS  HAPEMAN. 

Born  January  15,  1839.  Came  to  La  Salle  county  with 
his  parents  in  1845,  ^^^'^  located  on  a  farm  in  Earl  town- 
ship. At  the  age  of  thirteen  he  began  to  provide  for  his 
own  support  as  an  apprentice  in  the  office  of  the  Ottawa 
Free  Trader,  of  which,  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  war,  he 
became  associate  editor  with  William  Osman.  Brother 
Hapeman's  patriotic  spirit  v/as  aroused  at  the  firing  on  Fort 
Sumpter  in  1861,  and  he  immediately  answered  his  coun- 
try's call  by  enlisting  in  Company  H,  Eleventh  Illinois  infan- 
try. This  was  one  of  the  best  regiments  that  went  to  the  field 
of  battle  from  Illinois,  and  was  commanded  by  General  W. 
H.  L.  Wallace,  Past  Master  of  Occidental  Lodge.  Brother 
Hapeman  was  chosen  Second  Lieutenant  of  his  company. 
He  soon  won  distinction  and  recognition  for  bravery,  and 
the  skill  with  which  he  commanded  his  company  at  Fort 
Donelson.  He  won  special  mention  from  the  War  De- 
partment for  bravery  on  the  field  of  Shiloh. 

In  August,  1862,  he  was  tendered  the  command  of  the 
One  Hundred  Fourth  Illinois  regiment,  which  he  accepted. 
In  command  of  this  regiment,  he  made  a  splendid  rec- 
ord, by  reason  of  his  military  prowess  and  skill,  his  splen- 
did discipline,  and  the  care  he  took  of  his  men,  as  evidenced 
by  the  love  and  esteem  ever  after  entertained  for  him  by  the 
officers  and  men  who  served  under  him. 

Brother  Hapeman  was  a  man  of  refinement,  modest  and 
unostentatious.  He  was  a  progressive  citizen  and  active 
business  man  until  within  three  years  of  his  death,  when 
owing  to  failing  health  he  retired  from  active  participation 
in  business  affairs.  We  were  always  pleased  to  meet  broth- 
er Hapeman,  as  he  always  had  a  heart,  warm  and  well  wish 


254  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

greeting  for  everyone.  He  was  raised  in  Occidental  Lodge, 
No.  40,  in  1 86 1,  and  continued  his  membership  until  his 
death,  June  3,  1905. 

The  veteran  sinks  to  rest. 

Lay  it  upon  my  breast, 
And  let  it  crumble  with  my  heart  to  dust. 

Its  leaves  a  lesson  true 

Their  verdure  teacheth  well 
The  everlasting  greenness  of  my  trust. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  255 


WHEN  THE  BOATS   COME  HOME. 

There's  light  upon  the  sea  to-day, 

And  gladness  on  the  strand; 
Ah! well  ye  know  that  hearts  are  gay 

When  sails  draw  nigh  the  land! 
We  follow  them  with  thoughts  and  tears, 

Far,  far  across  the  foam ; 
Dear  Lord,  it  seems  a  thousand  years 

Until  the  boats  come  home! 

We  tend  the  children,  live  our  life, 

And  toil,  and  mend  the  nets; 
But  is  there  ever  maid  or  wife 

Whose  faithful  heart  forgets? 
We  know  what  cruel  dangers  lie 

Beneath  the  shining  foam. 
And  watch  the  changes  in  the  sky 

Until  the  boats  come  home. 

There's  glory  on  the  seas  to-day, 

The  sunset  bold  is  bright; 
Me  thought  I  heard  a  grand-sire  say, 

"At  eve  it  shall  be  light!" 
O'er  waves  of  crystal  touched  with  fire, 

And  flakes  of  pearly  foam, 
We  gaze — and  see  our  heart's  desire — 

The  boats  are  coming  home. 

— SARAH  DOUDNEY. 


256  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


DAVID  A.   COOK. 

David  A.  Cook  was  born  in  Freeport,  Ohio,  May  18, 
1840.  Came  to  Mendota,  111.,  in  1855,  and  since  that  time 
resided  in  La  Salle  county.  He  attended  the  Northwestern 
University  in  Evanston  in  i859-'6o-'6i.  In  July,  1861,  he 
enlisted  in  the  Twelfth  Illinois  infantry,  and  took  part  in 
the  campaigns  of  the  regiment,  until  the  battle  of  Shiloh, 
April  6,  1862.  In  this  engagement  he  was  very  severely 
wounded,  and  was  not  able  to  return  to  active  duty  until 
September  of  the  same  year.  On  October  3,  1862,  he  was 
again  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Corinth.  He  again  reported 
for  duty  on  January  10,  1863,  but  was  unable  to  do  duty, 
and  resigned  his  commission  as  Lieutenant  January  2,  1863. 
He  was  mentioned  in  general  orders  for  gallant  service  at 
Fort  Donelson  and  Corinth.  In  this  battle,  by  reason  of 
the  death  of  the  Captain  and  First  Lieutenant,  he  acted  as 
Captain  of  his  company.  He  returned  to  Mendota  and  took 
up  the  study  of  law  with  Judge  Oilman,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1865.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  Mendota 
eleven  years,  and  in  1876  moved  to  Ottawa,  111.,  and  became 
a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Bushnell,  Oilman  and  Cook. 
He  continued  the  practice  of  law  until  1890,  when  President 
Harrison  appointed  him  bank  examiner.  In  this  position, 
he  gave  the  most  satisfactory  reports,  and  was  the  most 
popular  and  successful  examiner  in  the  employment  of  the 
government,  as  evidenced  by  his  being  continued  through 
the  Democratic  administration  of  Grover  Cleveland,  and 
continued  until  his  death,  which  occurred  September  21, 
1905. 

Brother  Cook  was  a  member  of  the  Seth  C.  Earl  Post, 
G.  A.  R.,  and  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
of  America. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  257 

He  was  made  a  Mason  in  Mendota  Lodge,  No.  176,  Men- 
dota,  111.,  in  1864.  Was  Master  during  the  years  i87i-'74- 
Demitted  from  Mendota  Lodge  and  affiliated  with  Occiden- 
tal Lodge,  No.  40,  January  i,  1878. 

He  adorned  every  station  which  he  held  with  marked 
ability.  In  person,  he  was  compactly  built,  with  a  fine,  man- 
ly countenance  and  dignified  bearing,  and  easy  and  precise 
in  all  his  movements.  In  readiness,  grace  and  accuracy,  he 
had  no  superiors.  He  enjoyed  to  the  fullest  degree  the  con- 
fidence of  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  a  lover  of  fine  works 
of  art,  and  took  delight  in  decorating  his  home  with  rare 
artistic  works. 

As  a  husband,  he  was  devoted,  and  as  a  father,  loving, 
patient  and  tender. 

Let  his  virtues  be  remembered  and  imitated  and  his 
memory  be  cherished.     Farewell,  brother! 

Yet  being  dead,  we  live!     If  ever  once 

In  genial  mood,  we  dropped  the  generous  word 

Or  penned  ttie  loving  precept;  if  in  prayer 

We  sought  the  common  father,  and  besought 

His  aid  to  save  the  sorely  tempted  soul. 

If  from  the  scanty  hoard,  we  drew  a  mite 

To  help  the  poor  and  sorrowing,  then,  dear  friend. 

We  have  not  lived  in  vain;  we,  being  dead, 

Shall  live  forever  in  the  life  of  God. 


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258  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 
I. 

I  have  no  welcome  for  thee,  smiling  Spring! 

Thy  smile  is  not  for  me;   so  let  me  go: 

We  once  were  friends,  and  may  be  friends  again: 
Thou  canst  not  charm  away  my  present  pain: 

Alas,  my  wounded  heart!     Too  well  we  know 

The  grief  the  living  suffer  from  Death's  sting. 

II. 

Now,  while  I  find  me  out  some  leafless  tree, 
Standing  all  smitten,  'midst  the  verdurous  wood; 

And  couching  on  the  wither'd  leaves  it  v/ore — 

The  leaves  so  joyously  it  whilom  wore — 
Maybe,  I'll  ease  me  of  my  mournful  mood, 
When  nature  thus  shall  sympathize  with  me. 

III. 

The  melancholy  message  of  the  morn. 
The  answering  echo  of  the  aching  eve, 

And  all  the  tracery  of  the  sunny  shade — 

The  writing  by  the  leafy  sunshine  made, 
Remind  me  only  of  my  cause  to  grieve, 
Pass  by,  ye  Days!     Ye  make  me  more  forlorn. 

IV. 

Yet,  then  thy  voice  the  same  sad  story  brings 

In  muffled  repetition,  shrouded  Night! 

Hush!     Whispering  winds  come  from  yon  sacred  ground: 
Night's  starry  eyes  gaze  on  that  new  made  mound: 

And  thinking,  thinking  on  the  piteous  sight, 

I  would  for  me  were  spread  the  peace-bird's  slumbrous  wings! 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.         259 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS   PAGE  IS    DEDICATED   TO  THE   MEMORY   OF 

Shelby  Doolittle,  died  January  9,  1848. 

Jacob  B.  Rich,  died  December  23,  1849. 

WilHam  K.  Brown,  died  August  16,  1850. 

John  Pahiier,  died  July  22,  1852. 

Wm.  P.  Thomas  (or  Thompson),  died  August  16,  1855. 

W.  W.  Cavarly,  died  August,  1855. 

Henry  G.  Cotton,  Sr.,  died  November,  1856. 

Alson  Woodruff,  died  1856. 

Bradford  C.  Mitchell,  died  September  18,  1858. 

James  Russ  Murphy,  died  1859. 

How  cold  would  be  the  tomb, 

How  desolate  its  gloom, 
Were  there  no  faithful  tears  to  fall  above. 

Oh,  who  could  bear  to  die, 

Did  not  we  know  some  sigh 
Will  move  some  spirits  in  memorial  love? 


260  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS   PAGE  IS   DEDICATED   TO  THE   MEMORY   OP 

Theodore  Hay,  died  September  26,  i860. 

William  Henry  Lamb  Wallace,  died  April  10,  1862. 

Jared  B.  Ford,  died  November  9,  1862. 

Chauncey  U.  Wade,  died  February  15,  1863, 

Francis  C.  Flora,  died  1863. 

Charles  Turk,  died  1863. 

Philo  Lindley,  died  June  25,  1864. 

J.  B.  Smith,  E.  A.,  died  April,  1864. 

Samuel  I.  Haney,  died  1864. 

Thomas  I.  Conger,  died  1864. 

In  each  cold  bed  a  mortal  sleeps — 

The  silent  lodge  is  here! 
Pale  death  an  awful  vigil  keeps. 

Through  all  the  changing  year. 


HISTORY   OF   OCCIDENTAL   LODGE.  26 1 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS   PAGE  IS   DEDICATED   TO  THE   MEMORY   OF 

S.  M.  Pettingill,  died  January,  1865. 

Alexander  Magill,  died  July  9,  1867. 

George  S.  Stebbins,  died  November  29,  1867. 

Samuel  C.  Walker,  died  October  23,  1869. 

Frank  P.  Brower,  died  April  8,  1870. 

Julius  Caesar  Avery,  died  Nevember  22,  1870. 

Charles  Henry  Nattinger,  died  December  9,  1870. 

Champlain  P.  Chester,  died  February  26,  1871. 

Oliver  Cromwell  Gray,  died  July  31,  1871. 

Henry  P.  Brunker,  died  February  20,  1872. 

What  tears  have  wet  these  grassy  mounds, 
What  sighs  these  winds  have  heard! 

Oh,  God,  have  not  the  piteous  sounds, 
Thy  pitying  bosom  stirred? 


W^' 


262  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS   PAGE  IS   DEDICATED   TO  THE   MEMORY   OF 

George  Schneider,  died  April  11,  1872. 
John  H.  Shepherd,  died  June  27,  1872. 
Simon  Alschiiler,  died  February  13,  1873. 
Fernando  C.  Prescott,  died  February  22,  1874. 
Amasa  C.  Childs,  died  May  18,  1874. 
Octavius  R.  Hanbury,  died  1875. 
Edward  L.  Herrick,  died  April  11,  1876. 
James  N.  Cohvell,  died  October  10,  1876. 
Henry  F.  Clark,  died  January  10,  1877. 
Daniel  D.  Thompson,  died  May  31,  1877. 

Shall  man  thus  die  and  pass  away, 

And  no  fond  hope  be  left? 
Is  there  no  sweet,  confiding  way 

For  bosoms  all  bereft? 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  263 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS   PAGE  IS   DEDICATED  TO  THE   MEMORY   OF 

Thomas  Ryburn,  died  1877. 
Hubert  A.  McCaleb,  died  March  24,  1878. 
Absalom  B.  Moore,  died  July  7,  1879. 
Allen  Jordan,  Jr.,  died  July  12,  1879. 
Patrick  Ryan,  died  January  3,  1881. 
Samuel  Eyster,  died  June  29,  188 1. 
Lorenzo  Leland,  died  August  26,  1881. 
Charles  W.  Cook,  died  January  10,  1882. 
John  Powe,  died  May  26,  1882. 
William  Stadden,  died  June  5,  1883. 

From  each  cold  bed  a  form  shall  rise 
When  the  great  hour  shall  come! 

The  trump  shall  shake  the  upper  skies, 
And  wake  the  lower  tomb. 


264  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS  PAGE  IS  DEDICATED  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 

Lothrop  Perkins,  died  September  16,  1884. 
David  P.  Jones,  died  November  7,  1884. 
Washington  Bushnell,  died  June  30,  1885. 
Robert  Henning,  died  September  27,  1885. 
Milton  H.  Swift,  died  May  14,  1886. 
Robert  McKim  McArthur,  died  August  12,  1886. 
Thomas  Jefferson  Wade,  died  September  6,  1886. 
Asa  Mann  Hoffman,  died  May  4,  1887. 
Ross  C.  Mitchell,  died  October  6,  1887. 
Justus  Harris,  died  November  2^,  1888. 

No  weeping  there,  no  tear,  nor  groan, 

For  these  around  us  spread, 
A  shout  shall  reach  the  very  throne 

From  the  long  silenced  dead. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  26  = 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS  PAGE  IS  DEDICATED  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 


Eliphalet  Follett  Bull,  died  December  4,  i! 
Thomas  Reedy,  died  March  4,  1889. 
Henry  M.  Godfrey,  died  June  9,  1889. 
Charles  Snow,  died  September  9,  1889, 
Nathaniel  McDougall,  died  March  5,  1890. 
Byron  F.  Maxon,  died   June  22,  1890. 
William  H.  Carey,  died  September  i,  1890. 
Frederick  W.  Gay,  died  May  6,  1892. 
John  Stewart  Ryburn,  died  September  21,  1892. 
Benjamin  Beach  Fellows,  died  March  3,  1893. 
Henry  Edgar  Gedney,  died  January  31,  1894. 

Then  hush  our  hearts,  be  dry  each  tear, 

Wake,  oh,  desponding  faith! 
And  when  our  Saviour  shall  appear, 

We,  too,  shall  conquer  death. 


266  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS  PAGE  IS  DEDICATED  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 

William  E.  Bell,  died  February  12,  1894. 
Thomas  C.  Fullerton,  died  August  2,  1894. 
Simon  Zimmerman,  died  October  8,  1894. 
William  Stormont,  died  October  12,  1894. 
David  Robbins  Gregg,  died  March  23,  1895, 
John  Dean  Caton,  died  July  20,  1895. 
Gilbert  L.  Thompson,  died  October  26,   1895, 
John  Brooks  Rice,  died  February  24,  1896. 
Reuben  F.  Dyer,  died  January  25,  1896. 
George  Beatty,  died  February  25,  1896. 

On  these  blest  graves  let  sunbeams  pour 

Their  balmiest  influence; 
On  them  let  each  reviving  shower 

Its  gracious  pearls  dispense. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  267 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS   PAGE  IS   DEDICATED   TO  THE   MEMORY  OF 

John  A.  Gray,  died  September  29,  1896. 
Arthur  Lock  wood,  died  November  18,  1896. 
David  LaFayette  Grove,  died  December  14,  1896. 
David  Batcheher,  died  December  28,  1896. 
William  C.  Weise,  died  February  6,  1897. 
James  McManus,  died  September  23,  1898. 
Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt,  died  May  11,  1899. 
Adelbert  J.  Newell,  died  April  9,  1899. 
Benjamin  Padgett,  died  September  28,  1899. 
Willis  Herbert  Ward,  died  May  27,  1900. 

O'er  these  blest  graves  each  gentle  breeze 

Its  heavenly  whispers  breathe 
O'er  them  the  foliage  of  the  trees 

A  crown  of  verdure  wreathe. 


268  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS  PAGE  IS  DEDICATED  TO  THE  MEMORY  OF 

Clarence  Edward  Try  on,  died  June  20,  1900. 
Joseph  Ciishman  Hatheway,  died  January  21,  1901. 
Samuel  Degen,  died  April  24,  1901. 
Peleg  A.  Hall,  died  June  28,  1901. 
Isaac  Reed,  died  November  11,  1901. 
Royal  D.  McDonald,  died  January  11,  1902. 
Charles  J.  Yockey,  died  December  27,  1902. 
Solomon  Degen,  died  January  4,  1903. 
Calvin  D.  Phillips,  died  August  7,  1903. 
Edward  A.  Nattinger,  died  September  i,  1903. 

Round  these  blest  graves  at  dead  of  night, 

May  angel  bands  combine, 
And  from  their  Mansions  ever  bright, 

Bring  something  all  Divine. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.         269 


IN  MEMORIAM. 

THIS  PAGE  IS   DEDICATED   TO  THE   MEMORY   OF 

John  Haws,  died  January  8,  1904. 
William  W.  Hardin,  died  September  7,  1904. 
Joanis  O.  Harris,  died  January  10,  1905. 
Daniel  Charles  Mills,  died  May  2,  1905. 
Douglas  Hapeman,  died  June  3,  1905. 
David  A.  Cook,  died  September  21,  1905. 
Frank  G.  King,  died  October  30,  1905. 
John  Fletcher  Gibson,  died  February  24,  1906. 
Clark  Braden  Provins,  died  June  4,  1906. 
Samuel  Richolson,  died  June  24,  1906. 

From  these  blest  graves  may  hope  revive; 

May  Judah's  Lion  tell 
That  we  shall  meet  these  dead  alive 

For,  oh,  we  loved  them  well! 


270  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  OLD  TYLER'S  GRAVE. 

While  wandering  through  Ottawa  avenue  cemetery  one 
beautiful  Sunday  afternoon,  I  beheld  a  broken  marble  mon- 
ument. The  upper  half  having  been  broken  off  and  set  up, 
leaning  against  the  base.  Upon  it,  I  beheld  a  square  and 
compass.  Knowing  it  marked  the  last  resting  place  of  a 
deceased  brother,  I  walked  over  to  it  and  read : 

"William  K.  Brown,  died  August  16,  1850." 

It  was  the  grave  of  the  long  lost  Tyler  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  who  was  Tyler  in  1847,  '48  and  '49,  and  of  Ottawa 
Lodge,  No.  114,  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucy,  in  1840,  and 
whose  Masonic  record  I  had  been  unable  to  trace  later  than 
1849. 

The  mute  evidence  of  his  death  was  there  engraved  on 
that  broken  monument  of  white  marble.     Peace  to  his  ashes. 

God  bless  the  old  Tyler!     How  long  he  has  trudged, 

Through  sunshine  and  storm,  with  his  "summonses  due!" 

No  pain  nor  fatigue  the  old  Tyler  has  grudged 
To  serve  the  great  order,  Freemasons,  and  you. 

God  bless  the  old  Tyler!     How  oft  he  has  led 

The  funeral  procession  from  Lodge  door  to  grave! 

How  grandly  his  weapon  has  guarded  the  dead 

To  their  last  quiet  home  where  the  acacia  boughs  wave. 

God  bless  the  old  Tyler!    How  oft  he  has  knocked. 
When  vigilant  strangers  craved  welcome  and  rest. 

How  widely  your  portals,  though  guarded  and  locked, 
Have  swung  to  the  signal  the  Tyler  knows  best! 

There  is  a  Lodge  where  the  door  is  not  guarded  nor  tyled. 
There's  a  land  without  graves,  without  mourners,  or  sin, 

There's  a  Master  most  gracious,  paternal  and  mild. 
And  he  waits  the  old  Tyler,  and  bids  him  come  in! 

And  there  the  old  Tyler,  no  longer  outside. 

No  longer  with  weapon  of  war  in  his  hand, 
A  glorified  spirit  shall  grandly  abide 

And  close  by  the  Master,  high  honored  shall  stand. 

ROB  MORRIS. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.         2/1 


FUNERAL  DIRGE. 
I. 

Solemn  strikes  the  funeral  chime. 
Notes  of  our  departing  time. 
As  we  journey  here  below, 
Through  a  pilgrimage  of  woe. 

II. 

Mortals,  now  indulge  a  tear, 
For  mortality  is  here! 
See  how  wide  her  trophies  wave 
O'er  the  slumbers  of  the  grave! 

III. 
Here  another  guest  we  bring, 
Seraphs  of  celestial  wing. 
To  our  funeral  altar  come, 
Waft  a  friend  and  brother  home. 

IV. 

For  beyond  the  grave  there  lie 
Brighter  mansions  in  the  sky! 
Where,  enthroned,  the  Deity 
Gives  man  immortality. 

V. 
There,  enlarged,  his  soul  shall  see 
What  was  veiled  in  mystery. 
Heavenly  glories  fill  the  place 
Show  his  Maker  face  to  face. 

VI. 

God  of  life's  eternal  day! 

Guide  us,  lest  from  Thee  we  stray. 

By  a  false,  delusive  light. 

To  the  shades  of  endless  night. 

VII. 
Calm,  the  good  man  meets  his  fate, 
Guards  celestial  round  him  wait; 
See!  he  bursts  these  mortal  chains. 
And  o'er  death  the  victory  gains. 


272  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

VIII. 
Lord  of  all,  below,  above, 
Fill  our  souls  with  truth  and  love; 
As  dissolves  our  earthly  tie, 
Take  us  to  Thy  Lodge  on  high. 

David  Vinton,  the  author  of  the  above  beautiful  dirge, 
was  a  distinguished  lecturer  on  Masonry,  and  teacher  of  the 
ritual  in  the  Southern  States  during  the  first  quarter  of  the 
nineteenth  century.  He  was  expelled  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  North  Carolina  for  making  manuscript  notes  of  Mason- 
ry. Brother  Robert  Morris  thought  he  was  imprudent  but 
did  not  deserve  so  severe  a  rebuke.  He  died  in  great  pov- 
erty in  Russellville,  Ky. 

Dr.  Mackey  says :  "To  Vinton's  poetic  genius  we  are 
indebted  for  that  beautiful  dirge  commencing,  'Solemn 
strikes  the  funeral  chime,'  which  has  now  become  in  al- 
most all  the  Lodges  of  the  United  States  a  part  of  the  rit- 
ualistic ceremonies  of  the  third  degree,  and  has  been  sung 
over  the  graves  of  thousands  of  departed  brethren.  This 
contribution  should  preserve  the  name  of  Vinton  among 
the  craft,  and  in  some  measure  atone  for  his  faults,  whatever 
they  may  have  been." 


LIBRARY 

Of  fHt 

UNIVERSITY  Of  ILLM^Ui:^ 


OLIVER  CROMWELL  GRAY 


Worshipful  Master  1854 


CHAPTER  IV. 


POEMS. 


[Written   by    Oliver   Cromwell    Gray,    Past   Master   of   Occidental 
Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.] 

One  who  knew  brother  Gray,  in  a  finely-written  re- 
view, under  the  head  of  "Gossip  with  the  Poets,"  thus 
spoke  of  him : 

"We  need  not  confine  ourselves  to  standard  works  to 
find  the  ring  of  the  true  metal.  What  may  be  called  a  per- 
fect verse  is  haunting  our  memory  now,  from  the  Song  of 
the  Cable,  by  Gray,  of  Ottawa, 

Drop  me  down  in  the  deep  while  the  tide  is  asleep. 
And  a  spell  is  upon  the  wave! 

"The  same  writer  says  in  the  'Sea  Coral's  Dream :' 

Upward  build  through  sea-green  portals, 

Lost  Atlantis — home  for  mortals — 
Occidental  elfin  island,  such  as  loomed  on  Plato's  sight; 

An  august  domain  for  races — 

Tenants  on  life's  hid  oases; 
Let  the  base  he  laid  in  silence,  let  the  summit  rest  in  light! 

"We  could  wish  this  sedate  man  would  bend  oftener 
to  the  lyre,  when  such  strains  flow  from  his  touch." 

Brother  Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey,  Judge  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  in  his  remarks  before  the  bar  of  La  Salle 
county,  on  the  death  of  brother  Gray,  said  of  the  "Worship 
of  the  Woods" : 

"When  I  read  that  little  poem  entitled  'The  Worship 
of  the  Woods,'  I  discovered  that  he  was  a  man  of  deep 
sympathy  and  poetic  thought,  and  that  he  was  capable  of 
sentiments  of  the  most  lofty,  and  at  the  same  time  of  the 
most  refined  character.  The  thought  of  that  poem  is  one 
that  will  never  be  forgotten  by  me.  The  suggestion  is  made 
R— 273 


274  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

there  that  in  the  works  of  nature  we  are  brought  to  appre- 
ciate the  existence  of  God ;  the  great  Creator  is  brought  to 
our  minds  by  the  manifestation  of  the  grandeur  of  nature. 
He  suggests  that  ^^•hen  we  stand  upon  the  border  of  the 
broad  ocean  and  see  the  deep  waves  rolHng,  we  are  pro- 
foundly impressed  that  they  are  the  work  of  God ;  but  that 
jx)em  suggests  that  it  presents  the  Diety  away  in  the  distance 
and  gives  us  the  idea  of  his  grandeur,  but  it  is  far  off.  So, 
he  says,  when  we  come  upon  the  broad  prairies  of  the  North- 
west, their  immensity  and  their  grandeur  present  to  us  very 
forcibly  the  idea  of  existence,  action  and  controlling  pres- 
ence in  this  world  of  a  great  Creator — of  Diety,  with  all 
his  grandeur  and  infinite  powers — but  they  still  present  to 
us  the  idea  of  a  God  away  off  in  the  distance.  But  when 
we  come  into  the  woods  where  the  little  leaflets  and  the 
flowers  are  at  our  feet,  it  makes  us  feel  that  God  is  near  to 
us,  and  'The  Worship  of  the  Woods'  has  more  to  do  with  the 
heart,  with  the  sympathies,  and  the  affections  than  those 
thoughts  suggested  by  the  broad  ocean  and  the  grand  prai- 
rie. It  struck  me  as  one  of  the  most  beautiful,  sound, 
sentimental  thoughts  that  I  have  ever  found  in  the  writings 
of  any  poet  in  the  world." 


HISTORY   OF   OCCIDENTAL    LODGE. 


THE  WORSHIP  OF  THE  WOODS. 
I. 

In  the  boundless  and  billowy  splendor 
Of  the  green-waving  prairie  we  stand, 

And  fancy  we  see  the  creation, 
And  hear  the  omnific  command: 

n. 

"Thus  far  shalt  thou  go  and  no  farther. 
And  here  let  thy  proud  waves  be  stayed!" 
And  the  ocean,  transmuted  to  prairie. 
Stands  in  emerald  glory  arrayed. 

in. 

How  it  welcomes  us  all  to  its  triumph, 
As  it  sways  its  broad  pennant  of  green! 

But  God  seems  retreating,  retreating. 

With  each  surge  of  the  shadow  and  sheen. 

IV. 

Though  the  prairies  are  proud  in  their  grandeur. 

And  joyous  as  sea-waves  at  play. 
Still,  no  holiness  steals  o'er  our  spirit. 

And  God  seems  so  far,  far  away, — 

V. 

Far  away  in  his  forest  cathedral, 

In  the  deep  and  dim  solitude,  where 

The  solemn  trees  ever  are  bending. 
Like  green-hooded  hermits  at  prayer; 

VI. 

Where  the  boughs  are  all  burdened  with  blessings, 

And  the  air  o'erflows  us  with  bliss. 
As  the  breath  of  the  morning  impresses 

Its  mystical  virginal  kiss; 

VII. 
Where  the  umbrage  so  sacred  hangs  idly. 

Like  a  holiday  banner  unfurled. 
And  the  leaves  lling  their  benisons  downward. 

In  dewdrops  with  beauty  impearled; 


276  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


VIII. 

Where  the  incense  falls,  sprinkled  from  censere 
Swung  aloft  by  the  hand  of  some  sprite, 

Baptizing  us  all  in  aroma 

Distilled  in  the  chalice  of  night; 

IX. 

Where  the  zephyrs  but  whisper  their  vespers, 
As  they  halt  by  their  shrines  in  the  grove. 

And  the  fount  falters  faintly  its  ave. 

As  it  glides  through  the  temple  of  Jove. 

X. 

Lo!  the  azure  stained  glass  in  the  window. 

In  the  rift  of  the  ceiling  above, 
Where  a  sad  star  drops  down,  in  the  twilight, 

Its  marvelous  message  of  love. 

XI. 
So  the  woods  keep  the  Sabbath  forever, 

Though  no  chimes  the  awed  echoes  upstart, 
Yet  the  stillness  responds  to  our  feelings, 

As  oracles  answer  the  heart. 

XII. 
For  the  spot  is  too  holy  for  voices, 

And  no  sandaled  foot  here  ever  trod; 
But  the  silence  seems  petrified  music. 

Enfolding  the  presence  of  God. 

XIII. 
And  He  lingers  beneath  the  oak's  shadow. 

Outstretched,  as  the  cherubim's  wings. 
And  calls  us  beneath  his  pavilion. 

To  whisper  us  rapturous  things. 

XIV. 
The  Tree-spirit  touches  an  organ. 

And  the  waves  of  a  diapase  roll 
Down  the  aisles  of  the  forest  a  paean 

That  melts  in  the  aisles  of  the  soul. 


Ottawa,  July  17,  1869. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  277 


THE  SONG  OF  THE  ATLANTIC  CABLE. 

I. 

Drop  me  down  in  the  deep,  while  the  sea  is  asleep, 

And  a  spell  is  upon  the  tide, 

For  the  Tempest  King  now  poises  his  wing, 

Like  an  eaglet  in  his  pride; 
Now  the  vaulting  waves  are  fettered  slaves, 

And  aloft  is  a  drowsy  sky. 
And  the  sea-nymphs  woo  the  boundless  blue. 

And  the  rainbow  rides  on  high. 
Down  with  Astreas,  in  brilliant  bowers. 
Festooned  with  clusters  of  living  flowers. 
Where  the  sea  anemone  veils  its  bloom, 
And  the  sea-star  lightens  the  spectral  gloom, 
Where  the  snowy  star-coral  buds  and  blows. 
Is  the  lonely  abode  where  I  seek  repose. 
In  the  silent  heart  of  the  secret  sea. 
The  Atlantic  Cable's  home  should  be; 
Through  his  gemmed  arcades  I  shall  thread  along, 
And  click,  click,  click,  is  my  only  song. 

II. 

How  the  sea  upbraids  whosoever  invades 

The  realm  of  his  marvelous  home. 
As  he  dashes  his  wrath  across  the  path 

To  his  palace  beneath  the  foam! 
How  the  siren  raves  as  she  rouses  the  waves. 

And  musters  the  white-plumed  band. 
While  forward  they  urge  the  serried  surge, 

Till  it  halts  on  the  treacherous  strand! 
But  the  spiry  sea-urchin  ceases  his  rout, 
And  the  cuttle-fish  twines  Its  arms  about, 
And  a  myriad  mermaids  around  me  clamber. 
Bury  me  deep  in  odorous  amber. 
And  the  Nereids  crouch,  as  the  winds  unfold 
Their  fleeting  tresses  of  green  and  gold, 
And  Triton  hushes  his  boisterous  gong. 
Charmed  by  the  "click"  of  my  wizard  song; 
For  the  ocean  monarch  divides  with  me 
The  azure  throne  of  the  moaning  sea. 


278  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


III. 
Strange  nectar  I  sip  from  the  Orient's  lip, 

While  the  morning  is  at  her  mass; 
There's  a  tremulous  chime  from  the  sentries  of  time, 

As  the  Pyramids'  pomp  I  pass. 
And  I  never  blanch  at  the  avalanche. 

And  I  mock  at  the  cataract's  roar, 
While  the  glaciers  gaze,  in  their  mute  amaze. 

As  my  march  to  the  murmuring  shore. 
And  I  hug  the  hemispheres  in  my  grasp; 
I  bridge  the  continents  with  my  clasp; 
The  Nev?  World's  hope  and  the  Old  World's  toil 
I  wrap  in  the  folds  of  my  lightning  coil; 
I  girdle  the  globe  as  it  whirls  aghast, 
Prometheus  is  unbound  at  last. 
And  bears  his  magical  spark  for  me 
Through  the  lustrous  depths  of  the  conquered  sea. 
Bearing  his  burden  of  love  along, 
Cheered  by  the  "click"  of  the  cable's  song. 

IV. 

I  have  shaken  hands  with  the  golden  lands, 

I  have  kissed  the  emerald  plain; 
And  my  thunders  speak  from  Laramie's  peak. 

To  their  kindred  across  the  main. 
Where  the  sun  meets  the  hilltops  I  hurry  along, 

With  my  music  I  startle  the  Oread  throng. 
And  I  dream,  as  I  play  with  the  pearly  sway. 

That  the  goldfishes  past  me  glide, — 
'Tis  the  voice  of  the  sea  that  arouses  me, 

Tempting  me  thus  with  a  bribe: 
"As  age  unto  age  my  memory  links, 
I  will  tell  how  the  Nummulite  builded  the  Sphinx; 
You  shall  hurl  the  dart  of  the  Belemnite 
At  the  lily  flower-fish,  Encrinile; 
You  shall  see  where  the  Tribolite  troop  was  born; 
You  shall  hear  how  the  Ammonite  wound  his  horn; 
And  your  highway  for  thought  shall  be  ever  free. 
If  you  whisper  your  secrets  all  to  me. 

V. 

"Lost  races  rest  in  my  desolate  breast. 

While  the  centuries  ebb  and  flow; 
At  my  terrible  beck  the  waif  and  the  wreck, 

Like  my  vassals,  come  and  go. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  2/9 

How  I  gracefully  roll  to  some  far-off  goal, 

When  fancying  I  am  free, 
But  I  writhe  like  a  snake  when  my  eyes  awake, 

And  the  beach  imprisons  me! 
Yet  no  triumphs  of  man  on  my  bosom  abide; 
I  hide  with  a  bubble  his  baubles  of  pride. 
My  choristers  chant  him  a  requiem  meet. 
And  the  white  waves  weave  him  a  winding-sheet. 
No  knells  ever  knoll,  no  bells  ever  toll. 
No  priest  of  the  deep  sings  a  psalm  for  his  soul. 
And  no  marble  column  or  trysting-tree 
Ever  marks  his  grave  in  the  scornful  sea. 
But  my  realms  you  shall  rule  with  my  trident  strong. 
If  you'll  tell  me  the  theme  of  your  mystic  song." 

VI. 
"Proud  braggart,  hold!     They  will  never  be  told 

To  your  ear,  O  flattering  sea! 
No  flash  will  impart  to  your  rapturous  heart 

What  mortals  have  whispered  to  me; 
Then  shroud  me  in  mist,  let  the  surf  be  whist 

On  its  silvery  couch  no  more, 
Lest  some  gossiping  shell  my  secrets  shall  tell 

To  the  tattling,  echoing  shore. 
Rest,  reveling  sea!     No  longer  carouse! 
Bring  coy  Amphitrite,  your  timorous  spouse. 
The  lightning  has  left  its  cloud-built  home 
To  dwell  in  our  palace  beneath  the  foam; 
And  we  will  abide  with  your  beautiful  bride 
In  our  halls  of  wonder  under  the  tide. 
Thus  ever  through  life  some  mystical  thing 
Enters  and  heralds  itself  our  king, — 
Unfathomed,  but  felt  wherever  we  be, 
A  hidden  cable  under  our  sea." 

0.   C.  GRAY^  OF  OTTAWA. 


28o  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  SEA-CORAL'S  DREAM. 
I. 

Deep  in  Neptune's  nether  empire, 

Sceptred  sat  the  coral  grandsire, 
While  the  myriad  of  his  children  danced  with  every  ocean  sprite; 

Weary  feet  anon  beat  firmer 

To  the  sea-shell's  mimic  murmur, 
Reveling  with  the  imps  of  Eblis,  dreaming  never  of  the  light. 

11. 

Thus  in  gloom  they  gamboled  ever. 

Morning  flushed  their  pallor  never, 
Pearls  imperial  would  glimmer,  but  no  starry  bloom  of  night; 

Smile-girt  sky  would  not  caress  them, 

Nor  would  rainbow  banner  bless  them, 
For  they  reared  no  altar  to  the  Oriental  God  of  Light. 

III. 

Then  the  revel  was  upbroken 

By  the  monarch's  voice  outspoken. 
And  the  white-clad  myriads  surceased  dallying  with  Naiads  bright: 

"Work  forever!     'Tis  our  duty, — 

Overtop  the  wave  with  beauty; 
We  must  build  upon  the  darkness  and  so  reach  the  realm  of  light, 

IV. 

"Upward  build,  through  sea-green  portals. 

Lost  Atlantis, — home  for  mortals, — 
Occidental  elfin-island,  such  as  loomed  on  Plato's  sight; 

An  august  domain  for  races, 

Tenants  on  life's  hid  oases, 
Let  the  base  be  laid  in  silence;  let  the  summit  rest  in  light. 

V. 

"Work  is  worship!  never  tire! 

Pile  your  magic  fabric  higher!" 
Like  a  mystic  band  masonic,  working,  aye,  with  voiceless  rite, — 

With  the  compass  and  the  bevel. 

Tiny  trowel,  square  and  level. 
They  upbuild  their  towering  temple,  longing  for  the  land  of  light. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  281 

VI. 
Long  they  dreamed  of  misty  mountain, 
Played  in  Undine's  fairy  fountain, 
Hearkened  to  the  wild-wood  warble,  charming  sylvan  nymphs  from 
flight; 
Saw  the  forest-shadows  quiver 
On  the  listless,  wanton  river, 
Creeping  to  the  bland  embraces  of  an  ocean  broad  and  bright. 

VII. 

Watched  the  nautilus  careering, 

'Mid  the  unfettered  tempests  veering. 
Saw  the  surf  to  breakers  bowing,  doffing  countless  turbans  white; 

Billows  languid  chasing  billows. 

Couching  on  Lethean  pillows, 
On  their  careworn  mother's  bosom,  with  the  spectre  stars  of  night. 

VIII. 
Dreamed  of  summer's  roses  sleeping, 
Dreamed  of  auburn  autumn  weeping. 
Spring's  young  zephyrs  laughing,  wafting  odors  to  the  blossoms 
bright; 
Fancied  phantoms  most  appalling, 
Winter's  tears  to  snowflakes  falling! 
While  the  crystal  icebergs  glitter,  waltzing  on  a  sea  of  light. 

IX. 

Tempted  were  they  without  mercy, 

By  enchanters  worse  than  Circe; 
Sirens  lured  with  maddening  music,  coldly  folding  them  with  fright. 

Lulled  and  listening,  as  they  linger, 

Touch  of  coral-angel's  finger. 
Warns  and  woos  them,  while  it  whispers,  "Onward,  upward,  to  the 
light!" 

X. 

Evermore  they  heed  this  motto. 

Dying  in  their  gorgeous  grotto, 
And  entombed  in  stately  order,  robed  in  royal  shrouds  of  white; 

Sea-dirge  sung  or  bones  left  bleaching. 

These  mute  martyrs  still  keep  preaching, 
From  the  charnel  leap  the  living;  from  the  darkness  dawns  the  light, 

XI. 
Laid  in  catacombs  of  glory. 
They  embalm  earth's  primal  story, 


282  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Older  than  the  bliss  of  Eden,  budding  ere  the  demon's  blight; 

Carving  hieroglyphic  pages, 

They  adorn  the  aisles  of  ages, 
Some  are  moulding  for  Columbus  continental  visions  bright. 

XII. 

Cycles  glided  past  the  spoiler; 

Perished  many  a  patient  toiler; 
But  the  ranks  were  closed  and  crowded  with  recruits  in  mail  bedight; 

Hopeful  that  some  coral  brother. 

In  some  distant  age  or  other, 
Would,  above  the  foam-crest  peering,  sit  enthroned  amid  the  light. 

XIII. 

Faithful  coral  sons  and  daughters. 

You  have  reached  the  radiant  waters. 
And  have  heard  the  petrel  prophet,  ere  the  storm-king  rules  in 
might; 

Hymns  of  halcyons,  without  number, 

Rock  the  top  surge  into  slumber; 
Fascination  floats  around  you,  in  the  gleaming  land  of  light. 

XIV. 

They  have  triumphed  o'er  all  danger, — 

Sunlight  clasps  each  sea-born  stranger, — 
Glad  Aurora  kisses  this  unsullied  host  with  fond  delight; 

Twilight  with  her  glamour  greets  them. 

Far-off  Alcyone  meets  them; 
Coral  dreamers!     Island  builders!     Welcome  to  the  land  of  light. 

XV. 

And  their  dream  is  yet  unbroken, 

Yet  they  hear  words  spirit  spoken: 
"Strive  now  for  the  empyrean!     Climb  to  its  effulgent  height! 

Beaconed  by  the  heavenly  Pharos, 

Mount  where  dauntless  seraphs  dare  us. 
Wonder-workers!   stand  united,  like  a  phalanx  armed  for  fight!" 

XVI. 

They  will  never  faint  nor  falter 

Till  they  rear  a  star-lit  altar. 
And  a  lofty,  dazzling  temple,  in  the  chosen  cherub's  sight; 

With  such  aim  some  still  are  building, 

All  their  toil  with  glory  gilding, 
Dreaming  nevermore  of  darkness, — ever  of  celestial  light. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  283 

XVIL 
Will  they  reach  that  lustrous  haven 
With  their  fame  in  halos  graven? 
"Surely,  down  Time's  shoreless  vista,"  echoes  Faith,  with  fervid 
plight, 
"They  have  bravely  borne  the  burden. 
And  will  win  a  golden  guerdon. 
When  the  Coral's  dream  is  ended, — ended  in  the  holy  light." 

1865,  — O.  C.   GRAY. 


284  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


MASONIC  ORATION. 

[Delivered   by  Oliver  Cromwell  Gray,  Past  Master  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  at  Princeton,  Illinois,  on  June  24,  1859.] 

Friends  and  Brothers  : 

On  my  first  visit  to  your  beautiful  village,  I  am  heart- 
ily glad  to  meet  you,  one  and  all,  on  the  natal  day  of  the 
patron  saint  of  our  order,  St.  John  the  Evangelist — a  name 
alike  consecrated  to  Freemasonry  and  our  holy  religion. 

To-night  we  come  from  the  Holy  Lodge  of  the  St. 
Johns  at  Jerusalem  to  greet  you;  but  I  regret  extremely 
that  the  partiality  of  my  brethren  should  have  selected  me 
as  the  mouthpiece  for  our  ancient  and  honorable  institu- 
tion— an  institution  more  ancient  than  the  Golden  Fleece  or 
Roman  Eagle,  and  more  honorable  than  the  Star  and  Gar- 
ter, the  crowns  of  kings  and  diadems  of  princes — ancient, 
as  having  existed  from  time  whereof  the  memory  of  man 
runneth  not  to  the  contrary,  and  honorable,  as  tending  in 
every  particular  so  to  render  all  men  who  will  conform  to 
its  precepts. 

In  presenting  the  claims  of  the  fellowship,  I  feel  very 
much  like  the  silly  Athenian,  who,  having  a  splendid  man- 
sion for  sale,  carried  around  with  him  a  single  brick  as  a 
sample.  The  dry  details  of  the  law  profession  are  well  cal- 
culated to  chill  poetic  ardor,  and  turn  into  the  dullest  prose 
imaginable  even  a  eulogy  upon  one  of  the  most  beautiful 
institutions  of  the  times.  Although  we  have  nectar  as  spark- 
ling as  Hebe's  hand  ever  bore,  and  ambrosia  sweet  as  ce- 
lestial lip  ever  tasted  in  the  fabled  days,  yet  to  such  a  ban- 
quet I  cannot  invite  you. 

A  mere  neophyte  myself,  just  passed  the  charmed  thresh- 
old— enamored  of  the  gorgeous  splendors  of  the  vestibule, 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  285 

and  astonished  at  the  magnificent  array  of  symbolic  tracery 
upon  the  walls,  which  crowd  upon  the  eye  at  each  ad- 
vancing step,  instead  of  attempting  to  describe  them,  I  feel 
more  like  craving  information,  and  uttering  the  dying  wish 
of  the  immortal  Goethe,  "Give  me  more  light.  Lord;  give 
me  more  light." 

High  as  St.  John  the  Evangelist  stands  upon  the  calen- 
dar of  the  church.  Freemasonry  has  assigned  him  a  still 
higher  position. 

From  the  building  of  the  temple  to  the  Crusade,  Mason- 
ic Lodges  were  dedicated  to  Solomon,  King  of  Israel,  our 
first  Grand  Master. 

Among  the  various  orders  of  knighthood  that  were 
found  upholding  the  flowery  banner  of  the  cross  in 
those  chivalric  wars,  none  were  more  conspicuous  than 
the  noble  and  magnanimous  order  of  the  Knights  of  St. 
John.  So  great  was  the  esteem  in  which  they  were 
held  that  Hallam,  in  his  "Middle  Ages,"  records  that 
Don  Alphonso,  King  of  Castile  and  Aragon,  on  his 
death-bed,  being  childless,  by  his  will  bequeathed  his 
crown  and  kingdom  to  the  order  of  the  Knights  Tem- 
plar, and  every  Pope,  from  St.  Peter  down  to  Pope 
Qement  V.,  in  the  fourteenth  century,  patronized  our  noble 
order.  Their  valor  in  battle  and  their  wisdom  in  council 
had  never  been  questioned,  and  their  standard  fluttered 
proudly  in  the  breeze  as  the  Christian  hosts  lay  encamped 
before  the  walls  of  the  Holy  City. 

Our  brethren  of  the  ancient  craft,  or  symbolic  Masonry, 
went  forth  also  to  aid  in  redeeming  the  sepulchre  of  oiu* 
Saviour  from  the  hands  of  the  infidel.  Between  these  and 
the  Knights  of  St.  John  there  existed  a  reciprocal  feeling 
of  kindness  and  brotherly  love,  strengthened  by  long  asso- 
ciation and  continued  struggles  in  their  sacred  mission.    On 


286  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

the  plains  of  Jerusalem  they  entered  into  a  solemn  compact, 
and  it  was  mutually  agreed  between  them  that  from  thence- 
forward all  Lodges  whose  members  acknowledged  the  di- 
vinity of  Christ  should  be  dedicated  to  St.  John  the  Baptist 
and  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  reserving  to  our  Jewish  breth- 
ren the  right  of  dedicating  their  Lodges  still  to  King  Solo- 
mon ;  and  to  commemorate  that  distinguished  event,  there 
has  since  been  represented  in  every  regular  and  well-gov- 
erned Lodge  a  point  within  the  circle,  etc. 

We  have  borrowed  his  birthday  from  the  Scandinavian 
mythology.  It  was  the  magnificent  Gothic  festival  which 
was  celebrated  in  honor  of  Thor,  the  Scandinavian  Jupiter, 
and  was  astronomical  in  its  origin  and  references.  It  com- 
menced at  the  winter  solstice,  and  was  commemorative  of 
the  creation ;  for,  being  the  longest  night  in  the  year,  they 
assigned  to  it  the  formation  of  the  world  from  primeval 
darkness,  and  called  it  Mother  Night;  and  as  the  nights 
began  to  shorten  and  the  days  to  increase,  as  the  sun  ac- 
quired strength  in  his  journey  to  the  north,  so  they  hailed 
with  festivities  this  time  of  increasing  light  and  coming 
comfort.  When  Christianity  was  first  promulgated  to  the 
northern  nations  of  Europe,  the  people  were  unwilling  to 
relinquish  their  annual  rejoicing,  and  thus  the  Yule-Feast 
of  the  Goths  was  applied  to  the  nativity  of  Christ,  and  be- 
came Christmas.  The  Scandinavians  in  like  manner  cele- 
brated the  summer  solstice — the  shortest  night  and  the 
longest  day — in  honor  of  Odin,  their  god  of  battles.  Free- 
masonry, borrowing  both  these  splendid  myths,  has  made 
the  summer  solstice,  on  the  24th  of  June,  the  birthday  of 
John  the  Baptist,  and  the  winter  solstice  was  assigned  as  the 
birthday  of  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  just  as  the  vernal  equi- 
nox, when  the  days  and  nights  are  equal,  was  assigned  as 
the  birthday  of  St.  Patrick,  the  patron  saint  of  Ireland. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  287 

We  therefore  celebrate  this  day,  and  set  it  apart  as  a 
day  of  Thanksgiving.  For  years  continued  blessings  have 
been  showered  upon  our  country  and  our  brotherhood.  To- 
day plenty  fills  all  the  borders  of  our  extended  empire — 

.     .     .     .     "And  Peace 
Pipes  on  her  pastoral  hillock  a  languid  note, 
And  watches  her  harvests  ripen,  her  herds  increase, 
And  the  cannon-bullet  rusts  on  the  slothful  shore. 
And  the  cobweb  woven  across  the  cannon's  throat, 
Shakes  its  threaded  tear  in  the  winds  forevermore." 

To-day  the  star  of  empire,  in  its  circuit  fiom  the  east 
to  the  west,  halts  in  the  mid-heavens  and  stoops  down  from 
its  home  on  high  to  bless  us.  To-day  thousands  through- 
out our  fair  Union  have  met,  as  we  have  met,  to  feed  the 
perpetual  fires  that  burn  upon  our  holy  altar  like  the  vestal 
virgins  of  Rome. 
"Chaste  as  the  icicle  that  curdled  by  the  frosts  from  purest  snow. 
And  hangs  on  Diana's  Temple." 

We  have  met  to  ofifer  up  to  the  great  I  Am  the  incense 
of  thankful  hearts,  more  acceptable  a  sacrifice  than  the  blood 
of  victims,  and  to  drink  together  once  more  at  "Siloa's  brook 
that  flows  fast  by  the  oracle  of  God." 

To-day  our  brethren  come  from  the  Aroostook  and  the 
Rio  Grande  to  offer  their  oblations  at  this  shrine.  They  come 
from  the  granite  hills  of  New  England,  with  hearts  as  firm 
and  true  as  their  emblem  rock  on  which  the  sure  founda- 
tions of  the  earth  are  laid.  They  come  from  the  palmetto 
groves  of  the  Carolinas,  and  from  the  Everglades  of  Flor- 
ida, laden  with  perfume  from  their  orange  homes.  They 
come  from  the  wilds  of  the  Columbia, 

"Where  rolls  the  Oregon  and  hears  no  sound, 
Save  its  own  dashing." 

They  come  from  mountain  glens  of  the  great  Sierra  Ne- 
vada, from  that  far-off  gold  land,  where  on  hillside  above 
blooms  an  endless  flora,  and  in  the  valleys  beneath,  rivers 


288  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

freighted  with  the  glitter  of  gold,  roll  ever  on  to  the  calm 
western  sea. 

And  the  brotherhood  from  the  broad  prairies  of  our  own 
state  send  their  joyous  greeting  to  the  mystic  tie  in  every 
land.  Yes,  everywhere  songs  of  praise  from  happy  hearts 
cheer  the  welkin,  and  hail  this  festive  gala  day  of  our  fra- 
ternity. 

Freemasonry  has  descended  as  a  boon  from  former  gen- 
erations. Our  fraternity  stands  to-day  in  the  pride  of  old 
age,  hoary  with  the  weight  of  years,  like  a  pyramid  in  the 
solitude  of  time,  around  whose  base  the  waves  of  bygone 
ages  have  washed  without  wasting,  and  upon  whose  sum- 
mit sits  a  halo  of  refulgent  glory.  She  carries  the  mind 
back  to  the  Crusades  of  the  Middle  Ages,  when  the  Knights 
Templar  struggled  for  the  sepulchre  of  our  Saviour,  stretch- 
ing back  to  the  end  of  the  Babylonish  captivity,  when  Zer- 
rubbabel,  prince  of  Judah,  rebuilt  the  house  of  the  Lord; 
back  to  the  time  when  the  wise  king  of  Israel  deposited  the 
Ark  of  the  Covenant  in  the  Holy  of  Holies,  when  the  great 
Temple  was  finished;  back  to  the  time  when  Bezaleel  and 
Aholiab  built  the  Tabernacle  by  divine  command ;  back  to 
the  time  when  Jehovah  revealed  his  name,  and  delivered 
the  law  to  Moses  at  the  burning  bush,  as  he  kept  the  flocks 
of  Jethro,  priest  of  Midian ;  back  to  the  time  when,  at  Pad- 
anaram,  in  the  visions  of  the  night  Jacob  saw  the  mystic 
ladder  reaching  from  earth  to  heaven,  upon  which  the 
angels  ascended  and  descended,  bearing  messages  of  mercy 
from  God  to  fallen  man ;  back  to  the  time  when  the  patri- 
arch Abraham  in  his  open  tent  received  the  blessing,  and 
the  promise  that  his  progeny  should  be  as  the  stars  of  heav- 
en for  multitudes ;  back  to  the  times  when  Enoch,  in  antic- 
ipation of  the  deluge,  buried  in  the  bowels  of  Mount  Moriah 
the  sacred  pillars  on  which  he  chiseled  the  arts  and  sciences 
of  his  day. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  289 

Freemasonry  was  great  and  respected  before  the  wolf 
that  suckled  Romulus  and  Remus  howled  upon  the  banks  of 
the  Tiber,  and 

"The  Niobe  of  nations!  there  she  stands, 
Childless  and  crownless  in  her  voiceless  woe, 
The  Goth,  the  Christian,  time,  war,  flood  and  fire, 
Have  dealt  upon  the  seven-hilled  city's  pride." 

Freemasonry 

"Saw  her  glories  star  by  star  expire," 

and 

"She  who  was  named  eternal,  and  arrayed 

Her  warriors  but  to  conquer — she  who  veiled 
Earth  with  her  haughty  shadow,  and  displayed 

Until  the  o'er-canopied  horizon  failed," 

has  passed  away,  but  Freemasonry  remains. 

Freemasonry  was  great  and  respected  before  the  smoke 
of  sacrifice  rose  from  the  Pantheon,  and  before  ever  a  glad- 
iator stood  in  the  Flavian  amphitheatre. 

The  Papacy  of  Rome  is  ancient,  but  the  long  line  of 
Supreme  Pontiffs  is  as  a  thing  of  yesterday,  when  com- 
pared with  our  venerable  institution. 

The  monarchy  of  Great  Britain  is  ancient,  but  Freema- 
sonry was  great  and  respected  ages  before  the  Saxson  first 
set  foot  upon  her  shores;  and  to-night,  in  England,  the  en- 
campment of  Baldwin,  which  was  established  at  Bristol  by 
Richard  the  Lion-hearted  and  the  Templars  who  returned 
with  him  from  Palastine,  hold  their  regular  meeting  in  high 
festival,  in  honor  of  our  patron  saint. 

Freemasonry  was  great  and  respected  before  the  Re- 
public of  Venice  was  founded ;  before  Grecian  eloquence 
was  heard  in  the  Areopagus ;  before  an  oracle  was  ever  con- 
sulted at  Delphos ;  before  the  philo-sophy  of  Plato  and  Aris- 
totle were  taught  in  the  shades  of  the  Lyceum  or  the  groves 
of  the  Academy;  before  a  pilgrimage  was  ever  made  to 
the  slirine  at  Mecca ;  before  Flomer  wrote  the  Iliad.  The 
S 


290  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Republic  of  Venice  is  gone,  as  if  it  never  had  been,  but  Free- 
masonry remains.  The  hush  of  centuries  is  on  the  Hps  of 
the  orators  of  Athens,  but  Freemasonry  still  survives.  For 
ages  the  oracle  of  Apollo  has  given  back  no  answer,  and 
the  proud  philosophy  of  Greece  has  bowed  in  humility  to 
the  irresistible  spirit  of  the  times,  and,  after  having  wooed 
and  won  the  world's  memory,  yielded  at  last  to  the  philos- 
ophy of  Bacon,  and  the  reveries  of  these  ancient  masters 
live  only  in  the  wild  dream  of  the  scholar  as  he  brushes  the 
cobwebs  from  his  library.  Thousands  of  years  have  passed 
away,  and  the  land  of  Priam  lives  only  in  song.  Thou- 
sands of  years  have  passed  away  since  the  conquering 
Achilles  bore  the  vanquished  Hector  in  triumph  round  the 
Walls  of  Troy,  and  the  deeds  of  the  descendants  of  the 
ancient  Teucer  are  pensioners  upon  the  pen  of  the  blind  old 
man  of  Scio,  deeds  that  "ought  not  to  wither  though  the 
earth  forgot  her  empire,  with  a  just  decay." 

But  Freemasonry  still  survives.  She  stands  to-day  a 
beacon  of  light  and  a  proud  memorial  of  truth,  and  the  at- 
tentive ear  still  receives  the  mystic  word  from  the  instruc- 
tive tongue,  and  the  mysteries  of  our  order  are  safely  lodged 
in  the  repository  of  faithful  breasts. 

While  these  brilliant  circumstances  grace  her  annals  and 
render  her  venerable,  Freemasonry  still  presents  herself  in 
the  vigor  of  youth,  with  no  wrinkles  upon  her  brow,  no 
stain  upon  her  escutcheon,  she  links  the  modern  with  the 
ancient  civilization,  she  stands  upon  the  ruins  of  the  bowers 
of  Eden,  vindicating  her  claims  to  existence  upon  the  fallen 
condition  and  helpless  dependency  of  humanity,  and  hopes  at 
last  to  aid  in  restoring  the  race  to  its  first  estate,  and  man  to 
the  throne  of  the  Grand  Master  of  the  universe.  For  years 
she  has,  with  an  open  hand,  dispensed  her  blessings  broad- 
cast ;  like  the  dew  of  heaven,  is  shed  in  the  quiet  watches  of 
the  night,  unseen  indeed,  but  ever  felt  in  the  freshness  and 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  29 1 

verdure  it  contributes  to  produce.  Like  the  magic  dew 
which  falls  from  the  moon  upon  the  pestilential  airs  of 
Egypt,  after  the  overflowing  of  the  Nile,  whose  virtue  is 
said  to  be  so  balmy  and  so  healing  that  when  the  first  drop 
descends  even  contagion  dies,  and  loveliness  invigorates  and 
re-animates  the  earth. 

Years  of  trial  and  persecution  find  our  order  to-day 
more  flourishing  than  at  any  former  period.  Like  the  cin- 
namon tree,  which,  when  bruised  by  the  axe  of  the  relent- 
less woodsman,  only  fills  the  air  with  increased  odor,  so 
persecution  has  only  rendered  our  fellowship  more  enno- 
bling and  sublime.  Masonry  has  had  her  hours  of  darkness 
and  trouble,  but  they  have  been  so  brief  as  almost  to  be 
imperceptible.  They  have  been  like  night  in  the  summer 
of  the  polar  clime.  The  dawn  of  the  succeeding  morning 
breaks  and  reddens  in  the  east  before  the  last  ray  of  the 
preceding  arctic  sunset  has  faded  from  the  western  hori- 
zon. Happily  for  the  world,  the  once  very  general  antip- 
athy to  secret  societies  has  diminished  in  exact  ratio  as  the 
principles  of  the  order  have  been  diffused,  and  the  benefits 
bestowed  have  been  realized.  Happily  for  mankind,  all 
opposition  is  now  confined  to  the  feeble  assaults  of  supersti- 
tious bigots  and  arrant  Pharisees,  which  soon  will  have 
"Gone  glimmering  through  the  things  that  were — 
A  school-boy's  tale,  the  wonder  of  an  hour." 

As  Antaeus,  the  fabled  giant,  renewed  his  strength  every 
time  he  touched  mother  earth  from  which  he  sprang,  so 
we  have  met  to  renews  our  vows  and  rejuvenate  our  vigor 
by  recurring  to  those  first  principles  upon  which  our  fra- 
ternity is  founded.  Whole  ages  of  glory  lie  in  the  bright 
track  over  which  we  have  traveled ;  all  of  our  past  has  been 
prosperity,  all  of  our  present  is  pregnant  with  blessings, 
all  our  future  augurs  of  hope  and  triumph. 

To  the  fabled  heavens  of  the  ancient  heathen  poets,  a 


292  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

new  star  was  added  every  century,  but  every  year  a  new  star 
appears  in  our  mystic  firmament.  As  new  and  manifold  du- 
ties press  upon  us,  our  institution  seems  to  acquire  new 
strength  and  beauty  adequate  to  the  occasion  which  requires 
its  exercise,  as  the  arch  of  the  sky  at  midnight,  when  all  the 
heavens  twinkle  with  crystalline  delight,  bears  its  burden 
of  starry  beauty  ^^•ith  the  same  ease  as  when,  in  the  dim- 
ness of  twilight,  evening's  one  blue  star  hangs  in  throbbing 
gleam  above  the  horizon. 

A  defense  of  secret  societies  at  this  late  day  would  seem 
to  be  a  work  of  supererogation.  Masonry,  in  imitation  of 
the  secret  and  inscrutable  ways  of  God,  and  copying  the 
workings  of  all  nature  in  obedience  to  divine  law,  lays  her 
plans  in  secrecy  and  silence ;  and  only  when  all  the  discord- 
ant elements  with  which  works  are  harmonized  in  the 
Lodge,  does  she  go  forth  into  the  world  to  practice  those 
divine  precepts,  taught  there  only  to  the  initiated,  which 
raise  the  virtues,  animate  the  bliss,  and  sweeten  all  the  toils 
of  human  life.  For  in  the  mute  land  of  silence,  where  ear 
hath  not  heard,  and  in  the  mystic  deeps  of  secrecy,  where 
eye  liath  not  seen,  forever  dwells  and  forever  works  the 
still  and  invisible  spirit  of  God ;  and  only  when  the  work 
is  done  comes  there  from  the  fathomless  darkness  the  fiat, 
let  there  be  light.  Silence  and  secrecy  are  the  harbingers  of 
all  revelation  and  all  good  work.  As  it  was  in  the  begin- 
ning, so  noAv  and  ever,  out  of  darkness  comes  light,  and 
out  of  secrecy  comes  all  great  results. 

The  bee  will  not  shov:  his  temple-craft  to  the  open  eye 
of  dav,  but  be  builds  ever  in  the  silence  and  secrecy  of  dark- 
ness, whilst  his  fellow-laborers  go  out  in  the  first  light  of  the 
morniing,  to  touch  the  blossoms  which  opens  to  its  kiss, 
and  to  beg  the  honey  dew-drop,  v.-hich  the  darkness  of  night 
ha":  distilled  with  mystic  alchemy,  in  the  bright  cup  of  thv^ 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  293 

flower.     The  spirit  of  beauty  will  not  form  the  pearl  amid 
the  auroral  radiance  of  earth.     She  collects  not  her  mate- 
rials from  the  sparkling  top  foam  of  the  wavecrest,  where 
the  storm-king  rides  and  rules  with  noise  and  tempest  the 
upper  sea.     No,  but  far  down  in  the  deep  ocean,  in  dark- 
ness  where  the  light-bearer   never   visits,    and   in   silence, 
where  the  tempests  bear  no  rule  or  mastery,  the  pearl  is 
moulded  and  cradled  in  its  shell,  and  worn  by  mortals  as  a 
glowing  witness  that  light  and  beauty  ever  spring  from 
darkness  and  silence.     It  is  in  the  bud  that  the  rose,  the 
oldest   emblem   of  secrecy,   steals   its  color   from  the  sky. 
While  a  bud,  it  borrows  its  blushes  from  the  silent  night, 
and  there  it  folds  them  up  in  secrecy,  until  all  is  ready, 
bursting  into  bloom  only  to  show  its  beauty  to  the  gaze 
of  day.    Birds  do  not  carol  in  the  meridian  hour,  or  amid  the 
city's  tumult,  but  in  the  woody  depths  and  primeval  soli- 
tudes, in  the  dimness  of  dawn  and  twilight,  pour  forth  their 
melodious  roundelays ;   and  the  nightingale,  the  sweetest  of 
them  all,  sings  only  to  the  silent  and  secret  ear  of  night. 
The  glad  summer  note  of  the  swallow  is  twittered  from  his 
nest  in  the  cottage  wall.    But  the  wild  scream  of  the  eaglet 
is  only  heard  from  the  precipice  top,  where  silence  reigns 
and  makes  all  else  her  slaves.    It  is  there  that 
"He  clasps  the  crag  with  hooked  hands, 
Close  by  the  sun,  in  lonely  lands, 
Ringed  with  the  azure  world  he  stands. 
The  wrinkled  sea  beneath  him  crawls, 
He  watcheth  from  his  mountain  walls. 
Then  like  a  thunder-bolt  he  falls." 

Yes,  the  fierce  emblem  bird  of  our  native  land,  born  in 
his  lonely  eyrie,  cradled  and  fledged  in  the  silent  cloud,  with 
an  aspiration  ever  for  light,  mounts  up  to  meet  the  sun  at  his 
coming,  feeds  in  his  noontide  beam,  and  screams  in  pride  his 
war-note  only  to  the  tempest  and  the  storm. 

What  a  beautiful  illustration,  and  sanction  of  silence  and 


294  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

secrecy  was  the  building  of  Solomon's  Temple!  The  plan 
was  given  by  Jehovah  to  Moses  alone,  apart  from  all  the 
hosts  of  Israel,  amidst  the  thunders  of  Horeb,  so  that  no 
ear  but  his  should  hear  it,  or  his  holy  name.  The  site  was 
selected  by  God  himself,  and  hallowed  by  the  most  bril- 
liant scenes  in  all  Bible  history.  It  was  on  Moriah,  the 
mount  of  vision,  on  the  threshing-floor  of  Oman,  the 
Jebusite.  It  was  the  spot  where  God  had  proved  the  faith 
of  the  patriarch  Abraham,  when  he  commanded  him  to 
ofYer  up  Isaac,  his  only  son,  as  an  atonement,  alone  and  ab- 
sent from  kith  or  kindred,  and  from  the  mortal  eye.  It  was 
the  spot  where  David  met  and  appeased  the  destroying  an- 
gel. It  was  the  spot  where,  in  after-time,  the  great  sacri- 
fice was  made,  in  silence,  as  when  the  lamb  is  dumb  before 
the  slaughter,  and  in  the  darkness  of  the  frowning  heavens. 
God  would  not  permit  David  to  touch  the  work,  for  war 
and  tumult  had  been  his  calling.  It  was  reserved  for  Sol- 
omon, a  quiet  man  of  peace  and  secret  counsels.  Prophec}', 
ages  before,  had  enjoined  that  the  habitation  of  God  should 
not  be  polluted  in  the  building  by  the  sound  of  any  metal 
tool.  The  stone  were  all  hewed,  squared,  and  numbered  in 
the  quarries  of  Zeradatha,  where  they  were  raised ;  the 
brazen  work  was  all  cast  upon  the  clay  grounds  of  Succoth, 
on  the  banks  of  Jordan ;  the  timbers  were  all  felled  and  pre- 
pared in  the  forests  of  Lebanon,  and  the  whole  was  set  up 
by  wooden  mallets  prepared  for  the  purpose;  and  when  the 
building  was  completed,  its  several  parts  fitted  with 
such  exact  nicety  that  it  had  more  the  appearance  of  the 
handiwork  of  the  Supreme  Architect  of  the  universe  than 
of  human  hands.  How  eminently  fitting  that  all  discord 
should  be  confined  to  the  mountains,  the  quarries  and  the 
plains. 

How  noiseless  and  how  secret  was  the  reign  of  love, 
when  the  light-fiat  burst  on  the  rude  and  benighted  void, 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  295 

and  how  silently  did  the  sceptre  glide  from  the  genius  of 
darkness!  Alone  in  the  illimitable  gloom,  the  Universal 
Love-Spirit  echoed  its  own  though  unto  itself,  "Let  there 
be  light,  and  there  was  light."  As  yet  there  was  no  human 
thought  to  wonder  at  the  grand  design,  no  human  knee  to 
bend  in  adoration  and  in  awe  before  the  high  Designer,  no 
human  heart  to  be  the  shrine,  where  alone  in  spirit  and  in 
truth,  there  could  be  worship  to  the  veiled  unknown.  No 
cherubim  or  seraphim  existed  to  harp  Him  honor  in  the 
Temple  of  Lifinity,  nor  had  the  voiceless  chant  of  Holy, 
Holy,  Holy,  yet  rung  from  angelic  lips. 

Ho'W  secret  was  the  charge  given  to  the  starry  host, 
when  marshaled  at  the  will  of  Love,  the  morning  stars,  sing- 
ing together  for  joy,  were  taught  their  work  to  blaze  and 
bless  throughout  all  coming  time.  How  silent  was  the 
bright  procession,  when  orb  after  orb,  and  sphere  after 
sphere,  passed  in  pageant  and  review  before  the  Omniscient 
Eye,  rolling  ever  on  through  the  boundless  labyrinth  of 
space,  without  a  track  or  footprint,  but  guided  ever  in  their 
fantastic  mission  alone  by  the  spirit-finger  of  God,  without 
a  clash  that  silent  brotherhood  making  ever,  as  they  move 
along  in  harmony,  music  which  delights  the  ear  of  Jove! 

Such  are  the  evidences  of  nature  in  favor  of  secret  con- 
cert of  action,  and  revelation  equally  gives  its  seal  of  appro- 
bation to  the  same  sublime  teaching.  From  the  mount  comes 
the  divine  voice,  "When  thou  doest  alms,  let  not  thy  left 
hand  know  what  thy  right  hand  doeth,  that  thine  alms  may 
be  secret."  "When  thou  pray  est,  enter  into  thy  closet,  and 
when  thou  hast  shut  thy  door,  pray  to  thy  Father,"  which 
is  in  secret ;  and  singular,  yet  true,  there  is  no  instance  on 
record  where  our  Saviour  prayed  in  public.  Whe  i  He 
touched  the  eyes  of  the  two  blind  men,  their  sight  was 
straightway  restored,  and  He  charged  them,  saying,  "See 
that  no  man  know  it." 


296  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

He  did  not  take  with  Him  to  the  mountain  his  twelve 
disciples  to  see  the  transfiguration,  when  Moses  and  Elias 
appeared  and  talked  with  Him,  and  the  hright  cloud  which 
overshadowed  Him  was  only  seen,  and  the  voice  of  the 
cloud,  saying,  "That  is  my  beloved  son,  in  whom  I  am 
well  pleased,"  was  only  heard  by  Peter  and  James  and  John, 
and  He  charged  them,  saying,  "Tell  this  vision  to  no  man." 

So  poetic,  so  sublime,  and  so  godlike  is  silence  that  we 
find  it  deified  in  all  the  ancient  mythology.  The  Egyptians 
worshiped  Harpocrates,  the  son  of  Isis,  as  the  God  of  Si- 
lence. He  was  represented  as  a  perpetual  youth,  crowned 
with  a  mitre,  holding  in  his  left  hand  the  cornucopia,  while 
a  finger  of  the  right  hand  crossed  the  lips.  In  Rome,  the 
image  of  Tacita,  or  the  Goddess  of  Silence,  was  placed  upon 
the  altar  of  Volupta,  or  Pleasure,  with  its  mouth  sealed,  be- 
cause those  who  endure  their  cares  in  silence,  and  their 
sorrows  with  patience,  do  thereby  obtain  the  greatest  pleas- 
ure. The  selection  of  a  woman  by  the  Romans  to  represent 
this  divine  virtue,  what  a  rebuke  on  those  who  say  that 
women  cannot  keep  secrets ! 

Secret  association  finds  a  sufficient  defense  in  its  object, 
which  is  to  induce  unity  of  action,  for  order  is  Heaven's 
first  law. 

How  divine  is  unity.  She  is  the  Halcyon,  who  sings  the 
sea  into  stillness,  and  calms  the  billows,  and  well  might  the 
illustrious  Hooker  exclaim,  "Her  seat  is  in  the  bosom  of 
God,  and  her  voice  is  the  harmony  of  the  world." 

No  wonder  that  the  ancients  gave  the  harp  to  Apollo,  as 
the  symbol  of  his  rule  in  heaven.  No  wonder  that  they  fa- 
bled that  Orpheus,  by  the  power  of  music,  tamed  wild 
beasts,  stayed  the  course  of  rivers,  and  caused  whole  woods 
to  follow  him.  Descending  into  hell,  with  no  protection  but 
his  talismanic  harp,  he  so  charmed  Pluto  himself,  by  the 


HISTORY   OF   OCCIDENTAL   LODGE.  297 

sweetness  of  his  harmony,  that  he  restored  Eiirydice  to  life, 
and  permitted  her  to  return  with  her  husband,  Orpheus,  to 
earth  again.  No  wonder  that  they  fancied  that  the  statute 
of  Memnon  issued  strains  of  melody  when  touched  by  the 
rays  of  the  rising  sun.  No  wonder  that  they  feigned  that 
Amphion  built  the  wall  of  Thebes,  the  city  of  the  hundred 
gates,  each  stone  moving  tO'  its  place  in  order  at  the  sound 
of  his  lyre.  No  wonder  that  they  thought  that  Arion,  shi]> 
wrecked  at  sea,  holding  on  to  his  harp,  was  taken  up  by  a 
dolphin,  who  was  charmed  by  his  music,  and  carried  him 
safely  on  his  back  into  Corinth.  Extravagant  as  these 
myths  seem  to  be,  they  are  fully  justified  by  the  fact.  Yes, 
"Behold,  how  good  and  how  pleasant  it  is  for  brethren  to 
dwell  together  in  unity !  It  is  like  the  precious  ointment 
upon  the  head,  that  ran  down  upon  the  beard,  even  Aaron's 
beard,  that  went  down  to  the  skirts  of  his  garment ;  as  the 
dew  of  Hermon,  and  as  the  dew  that  descended  upon  the 
mountains  of  Zion,  for  there  the  Lord  commanded  his  bless- 
ing, even  life  forevermore." 

The  mission  of  Freemasonry  in  the  world  is  no  less  than 
to  elevate  the  intellectual,  moral  and  social  condition  of  the 
whole  human  family,  and  no  brother  doubts  but  that  the 
sublime  tenets  of  our  profession,  if  practiced,  are  fully  com- 
petent to  the  accomplishment  of  the  noble  task.  Thus,  the 
aim  of  our  order  is  high  and  holy. 

Like  Alcestes  in  Virgil,  we  set  our  target  in  the  Empy- 
rean, and  shoot  at  the  very  stars,  confident  always,  that 
though  the  arrow  may  deflect  and  fall  below  our  aim,  yet 
it  will  strike  and  make  its  mark  far  above  the  object  at 
which  the  cold  world  aims.  Man  is  a  microcosm,  or  little 
world,  in  himself,  and  although  there  is  a  divinity  which 
shapes  our  ends,  rough-hew  them  as  we  may,  yet,  to  a  great 
extent,  man  is  the  artificer  of  his  own  fortune,  and  it  is  for 


298  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

hini  to  make  himself  a  Pantheon  full  of  gods,  or  a  Pande- 
monium full  of  demons. 

The  Lodge  is  a  miniature  universe,  and  furnishes  a  per- 
fect model  of  political  as  well  as  social  government,  holding 
out  the  isolated  patriarchal  household  as  the  most  perfect 
model  of  society,  suggesting  that  that  government  is  the 
best  in  which  to  injure  the  humblest  individual  were  to  in- 
sult the  whole  community.  Longfellow's  youth,  who  bore 
upward  ever  amidst  the  snow  and  glaciers  of  Mont  Blanc 
that  banner  with  the  strange  device,  '"Excelsior,"  is  but  an 
apt  emblem  of  the  innate  aspiration  we  all  have  for  some- 
thing higher  and  nobler.  The  law  of  progression  and  im- 
provement is  stamped  upon  all  created  things.  Audible 
through  long  centuries  comes  to  this  age  the  low  whispered 
prayer  of  the  first  radiata  for  a  higher  form  of  life.  Every 
fossil  on  the  stone-page  was  a  prophet  of  the  next  better 
type  which  would  succeed  him,  and  every  meanest  atomlet 
of  matter  has  been  waiting  since  the  nebular  era  with  pa- 
tience to  be  made  into  thought  and  mind  by  this  alchemical 
process  of  progression,  and  then  perish  to  be  translated  still 
higher.  Each  created  thing  holds  in  solution  all  the  types 
below  it,  still  dropping  the  lower,  one  by  one,  as  they  be- 
come useless,  and  thus  man  possesses  still  many  faculties  and 
qualities  of  inferior  animals,  which  must  be  eradicated. 
Yes,  progression  is  a  law  of  being  from  the  monad  to  the 
seraph.  To  advance  that  standard  in  the  direction  of  social 
improvement,  is  the  grand  aim  our  order  has  in  view. 
United  by  the  cement  of  brotherly  love  and  affection  into  a 
sacred  band  of  brothers,  among  them  no  contention  should 
exist  but  that  noble  contention,  or  rather  emulation,  of  who 
can  best  work  and  best  agree ;  we  learn  from  our  fellowship 
to  subdue  the  passions,  do  unto  others  as  we  would  wish 
them  to  do  unto  us,  keep  a  tongue  of  good  report,  main- 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  299 

tain  secrecy,  and  practice  charity.  Like  a  young  Argus,  her 
hundred  eyes  are  watching  ever  over  the  wants  of  our  fel- 
lows. Like  a  young  Briareus,  she  stretches  her  thousand 
arms  around  the  globe  in  loving  embrace.  The  fondest  hope 
she  has  is  the  ultimate  establishment  of  an  universal  broth- 
erhood, founded  on  perfect  equality.  The  ancients  fabled 
that  the  monster  Sphinx  sat  at  the  roadside  and  propounded 
her  riddle  to  every  passer-by ;  and  whoever  failed  to  answer 
it  she  devoured.  Masonry,  too,  sits  and  propounds  her  rid- 
dle to  every  man.  It  is,  "Where  is  thy  brother?"  Whoever 
returns  the  heartless  answer  of  Cain,  "Am  I  my  brother's 
keeper?"  is  not  worthy  of  society,  and,  like  Cain,  should  be 
driven  from  it  as  an  outcast.  We  teach  that  in  the  common 
attributes  of  manhood  all  the  race  are  peers,  all  stand  upon 
one  common  level,  all  tend  to  one  common  destiny ;  to  that 
undiscovered  country  from  whose  bourne  no  traveler  re- 
turns. "God  hath  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  of  men  to 
dwell  upon  the  face  of  the  earth."  Deny  this  revelation  as 
we  may,  yet  the  universe  itself  is  but  one  vast  pictorial  and 
illuminated  page,  whereon  the  same  sublime  truth  is  infinite- 
ly multiplied  by  God's  own  marvelous  autograph. 
"All  are  but  parts  of  one  stupendous  whole. 
Whose  body  nature  is,  and  God  the  soul." 

The  diamond  must  be  taught  its  close  fraternity  to  coal, 
as  the  coal  already  owns  the  plant  as  its  brother ;  for  carbon 
is  the  basis  of  them  all,  and  a  small  change  in  combination 
produces  the  great  apparent  difference.  God  is  love,  and 
the  kingdom  of  heaven  is  within  us.  Worship  is  bringing 
the  love  within  us  in  contact  and  association  with  the  love 
to  God.  Our  only  method  to  love  and  serve  God  is  to  love 
and  serve  our  fellow-men,  and  the  only  evidence  of  our  loy- 
alty to  Heaven  is  our  love  to  humanity.  This  is  the  key- 
note to  the  tune  after  which  orbs  and  angels  march.  Our 
fraternity  adopts  the  sublime  and  august  sentiment  of  Nov- 


300  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

alis,  the  German  mystic,  "There  is  but  one  Temple  in  the 
world,  and  that,  the  body  of  man."  Nothing  is  holier  than  this 
high  form.  "Bending  before  men  is  a  reverence  done  to  this 
revelation  in  the  flesh,  and  we  touch  heaven  when  we  shake 
hands  with  a  human  being,  in  hearty  recognition  of  his  equal 
manhood."  Masonry  repudiates  with  contempt  the  aristoc- 
racy of  blood,  as  well  as  the  aristocracy  of  the  dollar,  while 
she  bows  with  reverence  to  the  aristocracy  of  merit,  based 
upon  higher  intellect  and  better  heart. 

"Rank  is  but  the  guinea's  stamp, 
Tlie  man's  tlie  gold  for  a'  that." 

To  the  lawyer  who  inquired  of  our  Saviour,  "Master, 
which  is  the  great  commandment  in  the  law?"  he  replied, 
"Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord,  thy  God,  with  all  thy  heart,  and 
with  all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind.  This  is  the  first 
and  great  commandment,  and  the  second  is  like  unto  it :  thou 
shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself."  This,  my  friends,  is  the 
arcanum — the  great  secret  of  our  order. 

There  are  four  great  cardinal  duties  to  the  performance 
of  which  the  Mason  is  bound  by  indissoluble  ties :  to  God, 
to  his  country,  to  his  neighbor  and  to  himself.  Discarding 
all  sectarian  creeds,  our  order  is  still  so  far  interwoven  with 
religion  as  to  lay  us  under  obligation  to  pay  that  rational 
homage  to  Deity  which  constitutes  at  once  our  duty  and  our 
happiness.  We  are  bound  never  to  mention  the  name  of 
God  but  with  that  reverential  awe  which  is  due  from  a  crea- 
ture to  the  Creator.  We  are  to  implore  his  aid  in  all  our 
laudable  undertakings,  and  to  esteem  Him  as  our  chief  good. 

The  claims  of  our  country  upon  us  we  must  at  all  times 
fully  recognize.  We  must  be  true  to  her.  We  must  be 
obedient  to  her  laws  as  long  as  they  last,  and  faithful  to  her 
flag  so  long  as  it  floats,  whether  in  mockery  of  peace  it 
droops  in  glory  on  the  lazy  air,  or  whether,  with  its  rain- 
bow beauties  outspread,  it  waves  in  triumph  over  the  din  of 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  3OI 

battle.     With  the  hero  in  the  lay  of  the  Last  Minstrel,  we 
must  say, 

"Breathes  there  the  man  with  soul  so  dead 
Who  never  to  himself  hath  said. 
This  is  my  own,  my  native  land!" 

We  must  never  forget  that  other  patriotic  sentiment : 

"One  land  there  is,  the  land  of  every  pride. 
Beloved  by  Heaven  o'er  all  the  earth  beside." 

To  the  brotherhood  and  to  the  race  we  owe  manifold 
duties.  We  must  relieve  their  wants,  soothe  them  in  dis- 
tress, and  sympathize  with  them  in  their  misfortunes.  Our 
heart  and  our  hand  must  be  forever  joined  in  promoting 
mutual  prosperity,  rejoicing  at  each  other's  weal,  and  weep- 
ing at  each  other's  woe.  At  the  touch  of  adversity,  heart 
should  open  to  heart,  like  the  touch  of  the  magic  spear  with 
which  the  genius  of  Milton,  in  Paradise  Lost,  armed  the 
angel  Ithuriel.  "Be  to  a  brother's  virtues  ever  kind,  and  lo 
his  failings  ever  blind."  We  should  ever  be  near  and  ready 
to  succor  each  other  in  time  of  need,  near  and  ready  to  raise 
and  save  a  falling  brother,  warn  him  of  approaching  peril, 
whisper  in  his  ear  good  and  wholesome  counsel,  aid  in  his 
reformation,  never  forgetting  that  we  must  judge  him  with 
candor,  admonish  him  of  his  errors  with  friendship,  and  rep- 
rehend him  with  justice.  If  in  prison,  we  should  visit  him, 
and  if  we  can  do  no  more,  let  us  at  least  act  like  the  heroine 
in  the  Corsair  did  to  the  captive : 

"She  pressed  his  fettered  finger  to  her  heart 
And  bowed  her  head  and  turned  her  to  depart, 
And  lovely  as  a  noiseless  dream  is  gone — 
And  was  she  here,  and  is  he  now  alone?" 

"What  gem  hath  dropped  and  sparkles  on  his  chain? 
The  tear  most  sacred  shed  for  other's  pain. 
That  starts  at  once  bright,  pure  from  Pity's  mine, 
Already  polished  by  the  Hand  Divine." 

When  a  brother  is  sick,  we  must  watch  over  him,  and 


S02  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

dispense  with  a  liberal  hand  the  corn  of  nourishment,  the 
wine  of  refreshment,  and  the  oil  of  joy.  When  a  brother 
dies,  we  throw  our  last  green  gifts  into  his  grave,  to  remind 
us  that  we  have  an  immortal  part  within  us  which  shall 
survive  the  tomb,  and  which  shall  never,  never,  never  die; 
and  as  we  give  earth  to  earth,  dust  to  dust,  and  ashes  to 
ashes,  we  cover  over  his  foibles  and  his  memory  with  the 
broad  mantle  of  Masonic  charity.  But  love's  duties  extend 
beyond  the  brother's  tomb.  We  must  educate  the  orphan, 
and  with  a  gentle  hand  "temper  the  wind  to  the  shorn  lamb.'' 
Samaritan-like,  we  must  bind  up  the  wounded  spirit  of  the 
widow,  and  not  "suffer  the  winds  of  heaven  even  to  visit  her 
too  roughly." 

To  himself,  to  his  wife  and  to  his  children,  the  true  Ma- 
son owes  obligations,  which  he  must  also  discharge.  He 
must  learn  to  subdue  his  passions,  and  to  be  temperate  in  all 
things,  in  his  desires  as  well  as  in  his  affection.  He  must 
limit  his  desires  in  every  station  in  life,  and  in  the  severe 
school  of  discipline  learn  to  be  content  at  every  turn  of  the 
wheel  of  fortune,  rising  to  eminence  by  merit,  so  that  he 
may  live  respected  and  die  regretted.  Remember  the  moral 
of  the  fable,  where  Bacchus,  desirous  of  rewarding  Midas, 
King  of  Phrygia,  for  some  service  he  had  rendered  him, 
promised  to  grant  Midas  whatever  power  he  most  wished. 
The  King  of  Phrygia,  in  his  folly,  desired  that  whatsoever 
he  touched  should  turn  into  gold.  The  wish  was  granted, 
but  the  gift  was  fatal  and  proved  his  ruin.  To  temperance 
we  must  add  fortitude,  justice  and  prudence,  and  to  prudence 
we  must  never  forget  to  add  patience,  and  when  thus  blend- 
ed, like  the  hues  of  the  rainbow,  they  form  the  pure,  white 
light,  which  is  a  symbol  of  the  glory  around  the  apocalyptic 
throne.  Let  no  difficulty  discourage  the  true  Mason,  but 
let  each  successive  failure  only  stimulate  him  to  renewed 
effort.     Life,  at  best,  is  but  an  Olympic  game,  and  Eternal 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  3O3 

Fame  stands,  bearing  in  her  trembling  hand  the  diadem, 
ready  to  crown  the  victor.  The  first  snowflake  which  falls 
on  the  naked  rock  near  the  summit  of  the  Alps,  melts  in  a 
moment ;  a  thousand  others  melt  as  they  fall.  Presently  one 
solitary  flake  obtains  a  foothold,  a  million  others  close 
around  it,  and  a  little  snow-pile  drifted  in  the  rocky  cleft, 
warmed  by  the  sun,  glides  gently  from  where  it  fell,  rolls 
gathering  ever  down  the  height ;  the  chamois  bounds  wildly 
from  the  glacier  at  its  approach,  and  in  a  moment  the  peas- 
antry in  the  valley  are  buried  beneath  the  mighty  avalanche ; 
and  the  patience  of  the  first  snowflake  has  accomplished  a 
mighty  wonder.  You  have  heard  how  Cuba,  like  a  vast 
coral  gem,  sits  on  the  bosom  of  the  Gulf,  blooming  like  an 
Eden  on  the  wave.  You  have  heard  how  beautiful  is  the 
island-city  of  Havana,  and  how  it  looms  like  a  floating  oasis 
on  the  desert  and  storm-rocked  waters,  as  if  Circe  herself, 
by  the  mystic  charm  of  her  enchanted  wand,  had  thither 
wooed  and  won  all  the  found  beauties  of  sea  and  sky,  in 
order  to  embody  to  our  actual  eye,  and  thereby  realize  the 
wild  dream  of  Plato,  when  in  a  philosophic  vision,  and 
through  the  dim  vista  of  centuries,  he  saw  arise  toward  the 
sunset  sea  his  fair  Atlantic  isle,  where  humanity  had  reached 
the  bright  ultimate  of  perfection.  If  the  realization  was 
gorgeous,  more  gorgeous  and  mysterious  still  was  the  con- 
ception and  progress  of  the  work.  It  leads  the  spell-bound 
fancy  through  the  charmed  mazes  of  mystery  away  back  to 
the  geological  ages,  long  enough  before  the  birth  of  human 
history,  or  even  of  human  thought.  Then  one  solitary  coral 
insect,  moved  by  the  divine  impulse,  which  taught  him  to 
do  his  duty  and  die,  first  laid,  in  the  silence  of  the  fathomless 
depths,  the  corner  stone  of  this  coral  isle.  Full  well  he 
knew  that  his  destined  home  was  not  in  the  darkness  of  the 
deep,  for  he  felt  an  aspiration  for  the  land  of  light,  and 
prompted  by  the  still,  small  voice  of  God,  which  ever  whis- 


304  THE  WHITE  Al'RON. 

pered  to  him,  "Higher,  higher,"  he  built,  and  built  ever- 
more, higher  and  even  higher,  to  the  surface  of  the  sea, 
where  the  floods  of  light  sit  throned  on  the  ocean-wave,  and 
blush  o'er  the  dome  of  the  island  temple  of  the  surge.  Full 
well  he  knew  that  age  would  roll  into  age,  that  the  silent 
centuries  and  the  voiceless  cycles  would  come  and  go,  and 
still  his  toil  remain  undone,  and  still  his  work  be  incomplete. 
Full  well  he  knew  that  these  silent  ages,  millions  of  his  co- 
workers were  doomed  to  die  amidst  their  labor.  So  they 
did ;  but  as  these  voiceless  martys  to  patience,  these  mute 
apostles  of  fidelity,  preached  ever,  "Be  faithful  and  patient 
to  the  end,"  the  ranks  were  filled  and  the  handicraft  was 
plied  busy  and  busier  still ;  for  they  believed  that  the  day 
would  come  when  the  light  would  be  reached,  and  that  some 
coral-brother,  in  the  dim  and  uncertain  future,  would  sit 
above  the  wave,  and  work  in  light  and  joy  upon  the  summit 
of  that  coral  home,  whose  base  was  laid  in  darkness.  Yes, 
long-suffering  patience,  like  harmony,  is  divine. 

Faith,  Hope  and  Charity  are  the  principal  tenets  of  our 
profession.  Faith  is  the  corner-stone  upon  which  our  mys- 
tic edifice  is  erected ;  Hope  crowns  the  archway  wdiere  our 
good  genius  enters  and  presides ;  and  Charity,  spread  over 
our  magic  Temple,  like  a  canopy  envelops  it  in  purity  for- 
ever. This  triple  chain  links  human  heart  to  human  heart, 
and  binds  us  all  to  the  throne  of  God. 

Masonry  repudiates  with  high  disdain  that  sentiment  of 
Goldsmith's  hermit : 

"What  is  friendship  but  a  name, 
A  charm  that  lulls  to  sleep, 
A  shade  that  follows  wealth  and  fame, 
And  leaves  the  wretch  to  weep," 

and  turns  in  triumph,  and  points  to  the  past,  which  is  full 
of  illustrious  examples.  At  the  siege  of  Troy,  after  the  vic- 
torious Greeks  gave  permission  to  Aeneas  to  carry  off  what- 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  305 

ever  was  dearest  to  him,  as  a  Trojan  and  a  man,  he  left  be- 
hind him  the  Palladium,  which  the  whole  nation  regarded 
as  the  safeguard  of  Troy,  and  bore  off  upon  his  shoulders 
from  the  flames  of  the  burning  city  the  old  Anchises,  his 
hoary-bearded  sire.  The  Greeks,  astonished  at  this  eminent 
example  of  filial  tenderness  and  affection,  permitted  him  also 
to  carry  away  his  household  gods ;  and  the  genius  of  Virgil 
paints  Aeneas  at  Carthage,  a  captive  to  the  admiration  of 
Dido,  when  requested  by  the  queen,  at  the  banquet,  to  re- 
late the  glories  of  his  past  career,  selecting  this  act  as  his 
favorite  theme. 

What  heart  has  not  thrilled  at  the  story  of  that  Grecian 
daughter,  who,  when  Cymon,  her  aged  father,  was  impris- 
oned and  condemned  to  die  of  hunger,  gained  access  to  his 
cell  and  nourished  him?  The  Greeks,  struck  dumb  at  the 
devotion  of  the  daughter,  reversed  the  sentence,  and  re- 
turned the  old  man  to  light  and  liberty. 

Who  can  forget  the  history  of  the  Syracusan  friends? 
When  Dionysius,  the  tyrant  of  Syracuse,  sentenced  Pythias 
to  die,  he  begged  permission  to  return  once  more  to  his  home 
to  take  a  farewell  of  his  wife  and  child.  Tlie  tyrant-king, 
intending  to  deny  this  last  request,  granted  it  upon  a  con- 
dition which  he  thought  would  be  impossible  for  Pythias 
to  perform.  It  was  that  he  should  procure  some  one  to  re- 
main as  security  for  his  return,  under  equal  forfeiture  of 
his  life,  in  case  he  failed.  His  friend  Damon  heard  the  con- 
dition, accepting  it  without  solicitation,  and  Pythias  ob- 
tained his  temporary  freedom,  and  they  parted,  and  in 

"Parting,  they  seemed  to  tread  upon  the  air, 
Twin-roses  by  the  zephyr  blown  apart. 
Only  to  meet  again  more  close,  and  share 
The  fragrance  of  each  other's  heart." 

The  hour  of  execution  came,  and  Pythias,  prevented  by 
adverse  winds,  had  not  yet  returned.     The  king  and  his 
T 


306  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

courtiers  were  present,  and  Damon  calmly  mounted  the  scaf- 
fold of  execution.  The  royal  mandate,  "Executioner,  do 
your  duty,"  had  been  given.  A  distant  voice  was  heard;  the 
crowd  gave  way,  and  in  a  moment  Pythias  was  on  the  scaf- 
fold, and  in  the  arms  of  Damon,  his  benefactor.  The  heart 
of  Dionysius  was  melted;  the  tyrant  even  wept.  Leaving 
his  throne,  and  ascending  the  scafifold,  he  exclaimed,  "Live, 
live,  ye  incomparable  pair !  You  have  borne  undoubted  tes- 
timony to  the  existence  of  virtue,  which  equally  evinces  the 
existence  of  a  God  to  reward  it.  Live  happily,  live  re- 
nowned, and  form  me  by  your  precepts,  as  you  have  instruct- 
ed me  by  your  example,  to  be  worthy  to  participate  in  so 
sacred  a  friendship."  How  beautiful  in  life  and  in  death 
was  the  love  of  Jonathan  and  David !  Well  might  the 
prophet  celebrate  so  sublime  an  instance  of  attachment,  and 
exclaim  that  the  son  of  Saul  loved  the  Hebrew  shepherd  as 
he  loved  his  own  soul,  and  that  their  souls  were  knit  to- 
gether ;  and  well  might  the  Psalmist  sing,  "Thy  love  to  me 
was  wonderful,  surpassing  even  the  love  of  woman."  No- 
bly did  David  repay  his  friendship  when  he  restored  to 
Mephibosheth,  the  lame  son  of  Jonathan,  the  lands  of  his 
father,  and  commanded  him  to  eat  continually  at  the  royal 
table  even  with  Solomon,  his  son. 

The  genius  of  Sterne,  in  Tristam  Shandy,  has  thrown 
around  the  character  of  Uncle  Toby,  a  splendor  which 
dwarfs  even  the  fame  of  conquerors.  "Go,"  said  he  one 
day  to  an  overgrown  fly  which  had  buzzed  about  his  nose 
and  tormented  him  all  dinner-time,  and  which  after  infinite 
attempts  he  had  caught  at  last,  as  it  flew  by  him.  "Go,  I  will 
not  hurt  a  hair  of  thy  head."  Rising  from  his  chair,  cross- 
ing the  room,  he  raised  the  window,  and  opening  his  hand 
as  he  spoke,  to  let  it  escape.  "Go,"  said  he,  "why  should 
I  hurt  thee?  This  world  is  surely  wide  enough  to  hold  both 
tliee  and  me." 


HISTORY   OF   OCCIDENTAL    LODGE.  3O7 

Who  does  not  feel  better  by  having  read  the  story  of 
Lefevre,  the  poor  Hentenant?  "Thou  hast  left  this  matter 
short/'  said  Uncle  Toby  to  Corporal  Trim,  "and  I  will  tell 
thee  in  what."  "When  thou  madest  an  offer  of  my  services 
to  Lefevre,  as  sickness  and  traveling  are  both  expensive,  and 
thou  knowest  he  was  but  a  poor  lieutenant,  with  a  son  to 
subsist  as  well  as  himself  out  of  his  pay,  that  thou  didst  not 
make  an  offer  to  him  of  my  purse;  because,  had  he  stood 
in  need,  thou  knowest.  Trim,  he  had  been  as  welcome  to  ic 
as  myself."  "Your  Honor  knows,"  replied  the  corporal,  "I 
had  no  orders."  "True,"  said  Uncle  Toby,  "thou  didst  very 
right,  Trim,  as  a  soldier,  but  certainly  very  wrong  as  a  man. 
And  when  thou  offered'st  him  whatever  was  in  my  house, 
thou  shouldst  have  offered  him  my  house,  too.  If  we  had 
him  with  us,  we  could  tend  and  look  to  him,  and  in  a  fort- 
night he  might  march."  "He  will  never  march  in  this 
world,"  said  the  corporal.  "He  shall  march,"  replied  Uncle 
Toby.  "He  will  never  march  but  tO'  his  grave,"  said  the 
Corporal.  "He  shall  march  to  his  regiment,"  replied  Uncle 
Toby.  "He  will  die,  poor  soul,"  said  the  corporal,  "and 
what  will  become  of  his  boy?"     Cried  Uncle  Toby,  "He 

shall  not  die,  by !"    And  the  accusing  spirit  which  flew 

to  heaven's  chancery  with  the  oath,  blushed  as  he  gave  it 
in,  and  the  recording  angel,  as  he  wrote  it  down,  dropped 
a  tear  upon  the  word,  and  blotted  it  out  forever.  Let  us, 
my  brethren,  imitate  these  illustrious  examples  of  virtue. 

Freemasonry,  by  the  most  impressive  rites,  instructs  her 
devotees  that  the  response  of  Zerubbabel  to  Darius  the  king 
was  emphatically  correct.  The  Persian  monarch,  at  his 
feast,  inquired  of  his  courtiers  which  was  the  mOst  power- 
ful, wine,  woman  or  the  king.  When  the  prince  of  Judah 
was  asked,  he  replied,  "Neither.  Truth  is  more  powerful 
than  them  all."  Struck  by  the  opinion  of  Zerubbabel,  king 
and  courtiers,  of  one  accord,  exclaimed,  "Truth  is  mighty 


308  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

and  will  prevail."  And  it  has  ever  since  been  the  motto  of 
one  of  the  orders  of  chivalry.  Without  truth  we  are  all  like 
Theseus,  and  grope  through  the  world,  a  labyrinth  far  wider 
and  darker  than  that  of  the  ancient  Cretan  king.  With 
truth  on  our  side,  we  have  the  silken  clue  of  Ariadne,  by  the 
aid  of  which  we  can  make  good  our  escape. 

Such  are  the  aims  and  teachings  of  our  order,  which  she 
impresses  upon  the  minds  of  her  votaries  by  the  most  mag- 
nificant  emblems. 

First,  the  All-Seeing  Eye,  surrotmded  by  rays  of  light. 
Among  the  Egyptians  it  was  the  emblem  of  Osiris,  who  was 
represented  by  a  sceptre  in  which  was  placed  an  eye.  It  was 
the  symbol  of  the  sun,  who  represented  God,  whose  eye  sees, 
and  whose  sceptre  governs  all  things.  It  reminds  the  Mason 
of  that  superintending  Providence,  who  knows  the  most  se- 
cret thoughts  of  our  heart,  and  will  reward  us  according  to 
our  works. 

The  Beehive  is  an  emblem  of  industry  and  sociality,  and 
recommends  the  practice  of  those  virtues  to  all  rational  crea- 
tures. It  teaches  us  that  as  we  came  into  the  world  intelli- 
gent beings,  so  should  we  always  be  industrious  ones,  never 
sitting  down  contented  and  at  our  ease  while  our  fellow- 
creatures  around  us  are  in  want,  when  it  is  in  our  power  to 
relieve  them.  It  reminds  us  constantly  that  God  could  have 
made  man  independent  of  all  other  beings;  but  as  depend- 
ence is  one  of  the  stringent  bonds  of  society,  mankind  were 
made  dependent  on  each  other  for  mutual  protection  and 
security,  as  they  thereby  enjoy  better  opportunities  of  ful- 
filling the  reciprocal  duties  of  love  and  friendship  to  one 
another. 

The  Coffin  and  the  Cassia  are  striking  emblems  of  mor- 
tality, and  admonish  us  of  the  state  to  which  we  are  all 
hastening  with  a  rapidity  which  is  symbolized  by  the  Hour- 
glass.   Time  will  not  permit  me  to  go  further. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  309 

Such  are  the  purposes  and  principles  of  Freemasonry. 
Friends,  they  are  worthy  of  your  favor.  Brethren,  they  are 
worthy  of  preservation  in  their  purity  at  your  hands. 

To  those  of  you  who  have  never  entered  our  portals,  we 
have  but  one  request  to  make.  Never  assail  an  institution 
whose  objects  and  principles  may  tend  to  increase  the  sum 
of  human  happiness,  because  you  do  not  comprehend  their 
bearings  nor  mode  of  operation.  Leave  such  work  to  ig- 
norance and  superstition. 

One  word  to  the  fairer  and  better  sex.  I  appeal  to  you, 
uninitiated  matrons  and  maidens.  To  the  matrons  by  that 
which  never  fails  to  find  an  answer  in  a  woman's  heart — 
the  love  of  her  children;  and  to  the  maiden  by  that  which 
is  equally  as  strong — always  to  foster  by  your  kindly  coun- 
tenance an  institution  to  which  you  owe  a  lasting  debt  of  ob- 
ligation. True,  indeed,  you  are  excluded  from  our  Lodge, 
but  it  is  not  because  we  deem  you  unworthy  of  our  secrets, 
or  unfit  co-workers  with  angels,  much  less  with  us,  in  all 
good  causes ;  but  if  I  must  confess  it,  it  is  a  consciousness 
of  our  own  frailty.  Love  might  enter  the  Lodge  with  you, 
jealousy  might  rankle  in  the  breasts  of  brethren,  and  frater- 
nal affection  be  distorted  into  bitter  rivalry.  Woman  needs 
not  the  aid  of  mystic  ceremonials  to  prompt  her  to  deeds  of 
benevolence,  or  "the  sweet,  small  courtesies  of  life,"  nor  the 
use  of  symbols  to  point  her  to  the  pathway  of  rectitude. 
Woman's  heart  is  the  true  lodge  where  virtue  reigns,  and 
her  warm  and  generous  sympathies  are  the  only  incentives 
requisite  for  its  practice.  Let  it  not  be  supposed,  however, 
that  Freemasonry  overlooks  the  claims  of  woman  on  our 
order  for  support  and  protection;  nor  that  we  are  wholly 
apathetic  to  the  sentiment  that 

"The  world  was  sad!  the  garden  was  a  wild! 
And  man  the  hermit  sighed,  till  woman  smiled!" 

Yes,  Freemasonry  builds  around  the  matron  a  wall  of 


3IO  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

fire,  to  preserve  unsullied  the  sanctity  of  the  domestic  circle; 
and  as  the  cherubim  guarded  the  tree  of  life  and  knowledge 
in  the  midst  of  the  Eden  of  bliss  with  a  flaming  word  that 
burned  every  day ;  as  the  sleepless  dragon,  breathing 
fire  perpetually,  watched  the  golden  fleece  of  Jason,  and  the 
golden  apples  in  the  garden  of  the  daughters  of  Hesperus; 
so  Freemasonry  guards  the  maiden  from  the  approach  of 
the  serpent,  that  allures  but  to  ruin,  with  a  shield  broader, 
stronger  and  surer  than  that  of  Achilles. 

The  influence  of  woman  in  the  formation  of  character 
is  universally  acknowledged.  History  is  replete  with  bril- 
liant examples.  Coriolanus,  banished  unjustly  from  Rome, 
formed  an  alliance  with  her  enemy,  and  with  a  victorious 
army  returned  to  the  gates  of  the  capital,  and  threatened  to 
level  even  the  foundation  of  the  city  of  the  seven  hills.  The 
Roman  women  carried  their  jewels  to  him,  and  implored 
him  to  abandon  his  design.  They  failed.  His  own  wife 
next  entreated  him  to  spare  the  city.  Coriolanus  turned  to 
her  a  deaf  ear;  and  when  all  had  failed,  Volumnia,  his 
mother,  melted  the  heart  of  the  hero,  and  Rome  was  saved. 

If  the  aphorism  of  the  ancient  sage  was  true,  ''Give  me 
the  making  of  the  poems  of  a  nation,  and  you  may  make 
the  laws,"  how  much  more  important  is  the  sphere  of  the 
mothers  of  our  race,  who,  by  moulding  the  minds  of  its  sons 
and  daughters,  are  intrusted  with  the  lofty  charge  of  mould- 
ing the  character  of  a  nation  and  shaping  its  destiny !  She 
can  impart  that  impulse  which  a  Lacedaemonian  mother  con- 
ceived to  be  the  glory  of  her  house,  the  love  of  battle  and 
the  clangor  of  arms,  or,  like  gentle  Hannah  of  the  olden 
time,  can  dedicate  the  infant  Samuel  to  be  a  priest  of  the 
most  High  God.  The  clay  is  in  the  hands  of  the  potter,  and 
you  are  answerable  for  the  model.  The  softened  wax  and 
the  sealing  stamp  are  both  in  the  maternal  hand,  and  we  hold 
you  responsible  for  the  impression.     The  sheet  of  blank  pa- 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  3 II 

per  is  committed  to  your  guardianship,  and  we  charge  you 
to  look  well  to  what  shall  be  written  upon  it.  While  Free- 
masonry acknowledges  a  kindred  duty  with  the  mother,  and 
her  proud  boast  is  that  she  aims  at  the  formation  of  charac- 
ter, we  are  too  conscious  of  our  partial  failure  without  your 
hearty  co-operation.  If  the  mothers  will  only  pledge  them- 
selves to  do  their  duty  to  the  youth  while  they  remain  under 
the  parental  roof,  we  will  be  responsible  that  your  lessons 
of  wisdom  shall  not  be  wholly  lost  upon  them  in  manhood. 
We  will  be  the  oak  if  you  will  be  the  ivy.  We  will  be  the 
Doric  pillar  of  strength  to  receive  the  buffetings  of  the 
storm,  if  you  will  only  stand  by  our  side,  the  Corinthian  col- 
umn of  beauty,  to  embellish  the  mystic  temple  which  we 
raise  to  the  genius  of  universal  benevolence  and  philan- 
thropy. Cling  to  our  cause  as  Ruth  clung  to  Naomi,  con- 
stant in  your  attachments,  and  not  like  Orpah,  who  gave  the 
idle  kiss  and  then  deserted  her  for  the  idols  of  Moab. 

And  now,  my  brethren  of  the  order,  our  anniversary  is 
ending,  and  we  must  part.  When  the  next  festival  shall 
come,  and  brethren  meet  around  our  mystic  shrine  as  we 
have  met  to-night,  how  sadly  will  our  ranks  be  thinned. 
Then  let  us  see  to  it,  and  so  regulate  our  lives,  that  when  we 
shall  be  called  hence  we  may  all  be  found  ready.  Death  on 
every  side  of  us  is  sounding  his  dread  alarum  in  the  outer 
courts  of  our  tabernacle,  and  summoning  us  to  his  silent  and 
spectral  court,  alike  from  the  Lodge,  the  Chapter  and  the 
Encampment,  each  of  which  he  invades  without  the  cere- 
mony of  initiation.  One  by  one  the  pillars  of  our  mystic 
brotherhood  are  falling  around  us,  and  our  costliest  gems  are 
dropping  continually  from  our  charmed  circle.  Three  pil- 
lars will  alone  survive — Faith,  Hope  and  Charity — teaching 
Faith  in  God,  Hope  in  immortality  and  Charity  to  all  man- 
kind. Yesterday,  Hope  sat  like  a  siren,  filling  our  life  with 
fascination  and  bewitching  rapture,  gilding  our  future  with 


312  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

its  fairy  splendor,  and  intoxicating  us  with  the  subtle  sweets 

of  her  chalice  as  we  sipped.     To-day,  the  fondest  idol  we 

can  cherish  and  adore  totters  from  its  pedestal  in  the  heart, 

and  the  pillar  of  our  Hope  is  broken,  and  the  cold  lip  almost 

moulders  at  the  last  long  kiss  of  love,  like  the  fruit  which 

grows  upon  the  shores  of  the  Dead  Sea,  which  turns  to 

ashes,  it  is  said,  on  the  lip  that  touches  it,  and  then  there  is 

a  burden  on  our  bosoms,  and  we  have  nothing  left  us  to  love 

but  the  dust,  and  the  memory  of  the  farewell  wish.     We, 

too,  soon  must  follow.     Soon  the  long,  long  sleep  will  be 

upon  us,  and  there  will  be  a  hush  in  all  our  households,  and 

a  spell  upon  our  loved  ones  who  linger  after  us.     Unseen 

voices  are  whispering  to  us  that 

"We  are  such  stuff  as  dreams  are  made  of, 
And  our  little  life  is  rounded  with  a  sleep." 

Even  now.  Death  may  have  shot  his  warning  arrow. 

"Art  is  long,  and  time  is  fleeting, 

And  our  hearts,  though  stout  and  brave, 
Still,  like  muffled  drums,  are  beating 
Funeral  marches  to  the  grave." 

One  after  another  the  stars  in  which  we  most  delight, 
though  tempting  us  on  every  side,  are  flickering  and  fading 
from  our  sky,  reminding  us  that  we  have  pitched  our  tents 
upon  this  planet  but  for  a  single  night.  Life  is  nomadic, 
and  'Sve  fold  our  tents  like  the  Arab  and  as  silently  steal 
away."    There  is  but 

"One  step  to  the  white  death-bed 

One  to  the  bier. 
One  to  the  charnal  of  the  dead. 
And  one,  oh!  where?" 

The  King  of  Terrors  has  already  bidden  us,  and  is  now 
beckoning  us  to  his  pale  feast,  where  his  gaze,  like  the 
Gorgon's  will  turn  us  into  nothingness.  All  around  us  Na- 
ture is  heard  in  sympathy,  singing : 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  313 

"Leaves  have  their  time  to  fall. 
And  flowers  to  wither  at  the  north  wind's'  breath, 

And  stars  to  set — but  all. 
Thou  hast  all  seasons  for  thine  own,  O  Death. 

We  know  when  moons  shall  wane. 
When  summer-birds  from  far  shall  cross  the  sea, 

When  autumn's  hue  shall  tinge  the  golden  grain — 
But  who  shall  teach  us  when  to  look  for  thee? 

Is  it  when  spring's  first  gale 
Comes  forth  to  whisper  where  the  violets  lie? 

Is  it  when  roses  in  our  paths  grow  pale? 
They  have  one  season — all  are  ours  to  die! 

Thou  art  where  billows  foam. 
Thou  art  where  music  melts  upon  the  air; 

Thou  art  around  us  in  our  peaceful  home. 
And  the  world  calls  us  forth — and  thou  are  there." 

But,  my  brethren,  go  on,  go  on,  and  still  go  on,  though 
our  path  be  full  of  peril  and  illusion.  Let  not  our  footsteps 
falter,  nor  our  hearts  be  daunted,  nor  our  high  mission 
thwarted,  for  Heaven  smiles  upon  order,  and  the  good  deeds 
of  the  Mason  should  ever  be,  like  the  flower  oi  the  ceme- 
tery, which  grows  more  lovely  and  luxuriant  in  the  close  vi- 
cinity of  Death,  or  like  the  century  plant,  which  blooms  only 
when  it  dies.  Let  our  hearts  always  be  open,  and  with  the 
same  liberality  as  the  Roman  candidates  threw  largesses  to 
the  electors,  let  us  strew  our  gifts  from  that  horn  of  plenty 
which  Providence  keeps  ever  full  of  choicest  blessings.  Then 
like  the  dove  of  the  deluge,  hovering  over  the  waste  waters 
of  life,  with  the  olive  branch  of  peace,  we  will  at  last  return 
from  our  errands  of  mercy  to  that  divine  ark,  which  will 
safely  waft  us  over  this  tempestuous  sea  of  trouble ;  for  to 
the  eye  of  faith  already  overhead,  the  rainbow,  bursting 
through  the  scattering  clouds,  unfurled  like  a  banner  from 
the  battlement  above,  shines  spanning  the  dark  sea  of  life, 
resting  its  farthermost  base  on  the  distant  ocean  of  eternity, 
while  all  within  its  arch  seems  brighter  and  more  resplen- 


314  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

dent  than  that  without,  betokening  to  us  a  promise  and  a 

covenant  of  higher  and  better  things.    So  may  each  brother 

Hve  and  act  his  part,  that  when  our  labor  of  love  is  ended 

in  the  Lodge  below,  we  can  present  at  the  celestial  Lodge 

above,  a  long  record  of  our  welcome  gifts  of  charity,  so  that 

when  its  portals  of  light  open  to  receive  us,  may  a  mighty 

band  of  !Masons.  which  cannot  be  numbered,  be  able,  as  they 

enter  in,  to  chant  the  glad  song  of  the  Peri  in  Paradise : 

"Joy,  joy  forever  I     Our  task  is  done. 
The  gates  are  passed,  and  Heaven  is  won!" 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  315 


FREEMASONRY. 

[Written  in  1875  by  Rev.  M.  Magill,  of  Marseilles,  111.,  after  being 
present  at  a   Masonic  festival.] 

I. 
Hail,  Masonry!     Hail,  noble  art  sublime! 
Long  may  thy  sons  with  purest  lustre  shine! 
May  the  sacred  principles  of  old 
Be  evermore  retained  with  firm  hold. 

II. 

Thy  laws  are  good,  thy  precepts  just  and  wise. 
Thy  secret  teachings  sanctioned  in  the  skies; 
In  every  clime,  where  human  kind  hath  be^n. 
Thy  pure  benevolence  may  be  seen. 

III. 
Thy  charity  extends  to  earth's  fair  bounds, 
By  praise  throughout  the  universe  resounds, 
The  widow's  cry,  the  orphan's  bitter  tear. 
Has  ever  found  thee  ready  to  give  cheer. 

IV. 

Thy  sons,  wide-spread,  are  found  in  every  land, 
A  firm,  united,  faithful,  trusty  band; 
Though  clime  or  color  mark  them  far  apart. 
Yet  when  they  meet  together,  have  one  heart. 

V. 

Hail,  Masonry!     I  love  thy  sons  to  see 

Stand  forth  in  ancient  costume  true  and  free. 

I  love  to  see  thy  banners  wide  unfurled, 

I  long  to  see  thee  spread  throughout  the  world. 

VI. 

The  wise,  the  good,  the  great  of  every  land 
Are  proud  to  have  a  place  and  with  us  stand. 
They  prize  the  honor  Masonry  confers. 
And  pity  each  who  ignorantly  errs. 

VII. 

Let  growling  bigots  spend  their  bitter  spleen. 
And  "Ante's"  rave  and  fret  from  morn  till  e'en; 
Their  futile  hate  is  labor  spent  in  vain; 
Freemasonry  will  live  and  favor  gain. 


3l6  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


ESOTERIC  WORK. 

The  esoteric  or  secret  ritualistic  work  of  Freemasonry 
is  communicated  by  oral  teaching  and  constitutes  a  very 
important  part  of  a  Masonic  education,  and  many  "bright 
Masons,"  as  they  are  technically  styled,  can  claim  no  other 
foundation  for  their  Masonic  reputation.  But  as  Dr. 
Mackey  aptly  said,  some  share  of  learning  more  difficult  to 
attain,  and  more  sublime  in  its  character,  than  anything  to 
be  found  in  these  oral  catechisms,  is  now  considered  nec- 
essary to  form  a  Masonic  scholar.  However,  since  the  best 
commentary  on  the  ritual  observances  is  to  be  found  in  the 
lectures,  and  since  they  also  furnish  the  secret  mode  of  rec- 
ognition, which  has  always  been  the  boast  of  the  institu- 
tion, a  knowledge  of  them  is  absolutely  necessary  to  every 
practical  Mason,  and  a  history  of  the  introduction  of  these 
lectures  and  the  changes  they  have  from  time  to  time  been 
subjected  to,  we  feel  confident,  will  be  of  interest  to  the 
brethren  at  the  present  time. 

In  comparison  to  the  age  of  the  institution  of  Freema- 
sonry, the  present  system  of  lodge  lectures  is  of  modern 
origin.  Examinations  of  a  technical  nature  to  test  the 
claims  of  the  person  requesting  the  privileges  of  the  frater- 
nity existed  at  a  very  early  period.  Such  examinations 
were  in  vogue  until  at  least  the  middle  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury. 

Previous  to  that  time,  brief  extemporary  addresses  and 
charges  in  addition  to  the  test  catechisms  were  used  by  the 
Masters,  which  varied  in  excellence,  according  to  the  at- 
tainments and  talents  of  the  Master  exemplifying  the  work. 
The  charges  and  covenants  contained  no  instructions  on  the 
symbolism  and  ceremonies,  as  at  the  present  time,  but  were 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  317 

confined  to  an  explanation  of  the  duties  of  Masons  toward 
each  other. 

The  earhest  authorized  lectures,  says  Dr.  Oliver,  were 
those  of  Drs.  Anderson  and  Desagulier,  promulgated  in 
1720,  perhaps  at  the  same  time  they  were  compiling  the 
charges  and  regulations  from  the  ancient  constitutions. 
They  were  written  in  the  same  catechetical  form,  as  in  use 
at  the  present  time,  but  a  great  many  changes  have  been 
made  since  those  primitive  lectures  were  introduced,  es- 
pecially in  the  United  States ;  but,  after  all,  there  is  a  gen- 
eral feature  of  similarity  which  shows  that  the  one  derived 
its  parentage  from  the  other. 

The  production  of  the  Anderson  and  Desagulier  lectures 
was  the  Alpha  of  Masonic  lectures.  They  were  imperfect 
and  to  a  certain  extent  unsatisfactory,  and  so  much  dissatis- 
faction was  manifested  because  of  the  development  of  Ma- 
sonic science  and  the  increased  intelligence  of  the  brethren 
that  it  became  necessary  to  prepare  an  improved  system. 

In  1732,  Martin  Clare,  A.  M.,  was  commissioned  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England  to  prepare  a  new  system  of  lec- 
tures which  would  be  "adapted  to  the  existing  state  of  the 
Order,  without  infringing  on  the  ancient  landmarks." 

Martin  Clare  was  first  mentioned  in  Masonic  history 
as  one  of  the  Grand  Stewards  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Eng- 
land in  1735.  He  was  a  man  of  learning  and  of  literary 
habits  and  was  recorded  as  a  Master  of  Arts,  and  a  Fellow 
of  the  Royal  Society.  He  was  appointed  Junior  Grand 
Warden  by  the  Earl  of  Morton  in  1741.  Dr.  Oliver  says, 
that  his  version  of  the  lectures  was  so  judiciously  drawn  up 
that  its  practice  was  enjoined  on  all  the  lodges. 

In  the  Clare  lectures  the  symbol  of  the  point  within  the 
circle  was  mentioned  for  the  first  time,  and  the  numbers 
three,  five  and  seven  were  introduced,  and  referred  to  the 


3l8  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Christian  Trinity,  the  human  senses  and  the  institution  of 
the  Sabbath.  Subsequently,  these  references  were  changed 
to  prevent  the  cosmopoHtan  character  of  the  institution 
of  Freemasonry  from  being  impaired  by  any  sectarian  refer- 
ences to  rehgion. 

A  few  years  found  the  Clare  lectures  too  short  and  not 
sufficiently  elevated  for  the  increasing  demands  of  Masonic 
progress. 

About  the  year  1770,  Thomas  Dunckerley,  Esq.,  was 
authorized  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  to  prepare  a 
new^  series  of  lectures  to  take  the  place  of  those  prepared  by 
Martin  Clare.  Dr.  Oliver  says  that  Dunckerley  was  the 
Oracle  of  the  Grand  Lodge  and  the  accredited  interpreter 
of  its  constitutions.  He  held  the  office  of  Provincial  Grand 
Master,  and  for  his  eminent  Masonic  services  had  been  hon- 
ored by  the  Grand  Lodge  with  the  rank  of  Senior  Grand 
Warden.  His  lectures  are  said  to  have  been  very  similar  to 
those  of  Clare.  It  was  Dunckerley  who  adapted  the  "lines 
parallel''  as  symbolic  of  the  two  Saints  John,  and  to  him  is 
also  ascribed  the  introduction  of  the  theological  ladder,  with 
its  three  principal  rounds,  which  beautiful  and  instructive 
symbol  has  been  retained  to  the  present  day. 

But  the  most  important  change  made  by  Dunckerley  was 
in  respect  to  the  Master's  word.  While  in  pursuit  of  his 
Masonic  studies  he  frequently  visited  the  Ancient,  or  Athol, 
Lodges,  whose  greatest  point  of  difiference  from  the  mod- 
erns was  the  disserving  of  the  third  degree  and  establishing 
a  portion  of  it  as  the  fourth,  or  royal  arch.  He  was  pleased 
with  this  arrangement  and  in  imitation  of  it  reconstructed 
Dermott's  royal  arch,  and  introduced  it  into  the  legal 
Grand  Lodge.  This  led  to  transferring  the  word  formerly 
used  in  the  third  to  the  fourth  degree  and  confining  the 
former  to  the  substitute.  This  is  the  origin  of  our  "substi- 
tute" word  used  at  the  present  day. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  319 

William  Hutchinson  was  the  Master  of  Bernard  Castle 
Lodge,  in  the  county  of  Durham,  in  the  north  of  England. 
While  Dunckerley  was  establishing  his  course  of  lectures 
in  the  London  and  adjacent  Lodges,  Hutchinson  had  pre- 
pared and  was  using  a  system  of  his  own,  which  was 
adopted  by  many  Lodges  in  his  vicinity.  He  introduced  a 
scientific  element  into  Masonic  lectures  which  was  unknown 
to  those  compiled  by  Clare  and  Dunckerley.  Hutchinson 
restored  the  ancient  symbolism  of  the  third  degree,  show- 
ing that  in  all  times  past  its  legend  was  typical  of  a  resur- 
rection from  the  grave. 

William  Preston  prepared  a  system  of  lectures  which 
superseded  all  those  that  had  been  in  use.  It  is  supposed 
that  Preston  and  Hutchinson  united  in  this  undertaking,  and 
that  the  Prestonian  lectures,  which  were  afterward  univer- 
sally adopted,  were  the  results  of  the  combined  labor  of  the 
two.  The  Prestonian  lectures  continued  to  be  used  in  Eng- 
land until  the  union  of  the  two  Grand  Lodges  in  1813,  and 
it  is  said  they  are  not  yet  entirely  abandoned  in  that  country. 

In  18 1 3,  the  two  Grand  Lodges  of  England,  the  "An- 
cients" and  the  "Moderns,"  were  united,  and  it  was  then  de- 
termined to  revise  the  system  of  lectures.  The  Rev.  Dr. 
Hemming,  Senior  Grand  Warden,  was  instructed  to  per- 
form this  task,  and  the  result  was  the  Union  or  Hemming 
lectures,  which  are  now  the  authoritative  standard  work  of 
English  Masonry.  I  have  a  copy  of  these  lectures  in  my 
possession. 

There  is  no  such  power  in  the  United  States  to  enforce 
a  uniform  ritual  for  every  state  in  the  union,  with  fifty 
Grand  Lodges,  each  supreme  in  its  own  sphere,  each  claim- 
ing to  have  ample  "light"  in  Masonry  to  regulate  all  its  own 
concerns  to  the  best  ends ;  each  believing  itself  capable  of 
detecting  the  "true  old  work." 


320  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

In  the  year  1800,  a  Mason  came  to  this  country  from 
England,  who  had  acquired  the  ritual  in  general  use  there 
from  William  Preston.  He  satisfied  the  Boston  brethren  as 
to  his  character  and  correctness  as  to  his  claims.  He  com- 
municated the  Preston  Lectures  to  Thomas  Smith  Webb, 
who  was  publisher  of  a  Freemasons'  Monitor.  Webb  was 
a  man  of  considerable  talent,  and  devoted  more  attention  to 
Masonry  and  knew  more  about  it  than  any  man  in  this 
country  at  that  time.  Webb  communicated  the  Preston  lec- 
tures to  Henry  Fowle,  a  highly  distinguished  Mason.  And 
Snow,  of  Rhode  Island,  was  indebted  to  Webb  for  his 
knowledge  of  the  Prestonian  lectures,  which,  by  this  time, 
he  had  changed  slightly  by  reducing  the  number  of  sections, 
and,  in  the  second  edition  of  his  Freemasons'  Monitor,  pre- 
pared the  monitorial  part  in  a  practical  and  masterly  man- 
ner to  accompany  them. 

The  celebrated  lecturer,  Benjamin  Gleason,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, also  acquired  them  from  Webb,  whose  pupil  he 
was,  and  greatly  distinguished  himself  among  the  craft  by 
his  polished  and  classical  manner  of  imparting  them.  Glea- 
son was  a  graduate  of  Brown  University  in  1802.  He  be- 
came a  public  lecturer  on  geography  and  astronomy,  be- 
longed to  Mt.  Lebanon  Lodge  in  1807,  and  died  at  Concord, 
Mass.,  in  1847. 

John  Barney,  who  lies  buried  in  Peoria,  Illinois,  brought 
the  Preston  lectures  to  Illinois  and  to  the  Mississippi  Val- 
ley about  the  year  18 19.  He  acquired  them  at  Boston, 
Mass.,  from  Webb  himself,  in  1816  or  1817.  He  commun- 
icated them  to  brother  T.  J.  Wade,  who  afterward  became 
one  of  the  Grand  Lecturers  of  Illinois.  Brother  Wade  was 
Past  Master  of  Occidental  Lodge.  Brother  Barney  also 
exemplified  the  Preston  lectures  in  Occidental  Lodge  when 
he  conferred  the  degrees  of  Freemasonry  on  John  Dean 
Caton  and  Milton  H.  Swift,  December  11,   1845,  and  on 


THOMAS  JEFFERSON  WADE 

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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  32 1 

Lorenzo  Leland,  November  29th,  of  the  same  year.  Broth- 
er T.  J.  Wade  was  so  strongly  attached  to  the  Prestonian 
lectures,  as  communicated  to  him  by  his  friend  and  brother, 
John  Barney,  that  when  the  Grand  Lodge  revised  the  work 
or  lectures  of  this  grand  jurisdiction  in  1869,  he  refused  to 
abandon  the  old  Prestonian  system,  and,  as  a  result,  was 
refused  a  commission  as  Grand  Lecturer  for  Illinois.  The 
Prestonian  system  was  worked  in  Occidental  Lodge  at  the 
time  the  compiler  of  this  work  was  raised,  and  was  used 
until  about  1882,  when  brother  James  McManus,  who  had 
received  from  brother  Chamberlain,  president  of  the  Board 
of  Grand  Examiners,  the  present  standard  work  of  this 
state,  which  even  since  that  time  has  been  revised  several 
times,  but  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Lodge  fails  to  show 
by  what  authority  such  revision  was  made.  One  feature  in 
particular  was  eliminated  in  1882,  while  a  school  of  instruc- 
tion was  exemplifying  the  third  degree  in  Occidental  Lodge 
on  an  actual  candidate.  This  elimination  was  done  then 
and  there,  and  was  never  again  used  in  the  lecture  of  the 
third  degree.  It  was  a  beautiful  paragraph,  in  explanation 
of  the  g — s,  and  was  eliminated  from  the  ritualistic  work 
for  the  same  reason  that  the  references  to  the  numbers, 
three,  five  and  seven,  were  changed  in  the  Clare  lectures 
in  the  i8th  century. 

Harmon  G.  Reynolds  was  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Illinois  in  1869.  In  his  address  to  the  Grand 
Lodge  at  the  opening  session,  he  spoke  of  work  and  lec- 
tures as  follows : 

"In  1843,  3.  convention  of  the  most  intelligent  Masons 
from  every  part  of  the  United  States  met  at  Baltimore,  and 
harmonized  all  discrepancies  in  work.  The  manner  of  open- 
ing and  closing  Lodges,  and  the  work  and  lectures  of  the 
symbolic  degrees  were  distinctly  agreed  upon.  John  Bar- 
ney was  a  member  of  that  convention.    He  exemplified  it  in 

u 


322  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

this  state,  and  it  was  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1845, 
and  has  been  the  only  authorized  work  in  this  jurisdiction 
since  that  time.  John  Barney  taught  that  work  and  those 
lectures  to  R.  W.  Bro.  James  Fenton,  Grand  Secretary  of 
Michigan,  and  to  William  A.  Dickey,  of  this  city  (Spring- 
field). I  learned  the  entire  lectures  from  brother  Dickey  in 
1848,  at  Rock  Island.  In  January,  1863,  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Michigan  appointed  a  committee  on  work,  before  whom, 
in  April  following,  by  invitation  from  them,  I  compared  the 
entire  work  and  lectures,  including  the  opening  and  closing 
ceremonies,  and  they  were  found  to  be  identical  with  those 
taught  to  brother  Fenton. 

"In  1865,  I  visited  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Wisconsin,  and 
in  open  session,  compared  the  lectures  with  R.  W.  Bro. 
Melvin  R.  Young,  then  State  Grand  Lecturer,  since  Grand 
Master,  and  they  were  again  found  identical.  Tliey  are  the 
same  that  have  been  taught  by  R.  W.  Bros.  Wade,  Fisher, 
Chamberlain,  our  present  inspectors  and  lecturers  generally, 
I  saw  the  same  work  wrought  in  Oriental,  William  B.  War- 
ren, Dearborn,  Chicago,  and  Thomas  J.  Turner  Lodges  in 
Chicago,  in  September,  1866.  Notwithstanding  all  this,  the 
opinion  was  widespread  that  there  were  serious  discrepan- 
cies and  disagreements.  To  remedy  this.  Past  Grand  Mas- 
ter Gorin  recommended  the  appointment  of  a  committee  to 
harmonize  and  restore  the  lectures  to  their  original  lan- 
guage. Upon  comparison,  it  was  found  that  the  discrepan- 
cies were  few,  immaterial,  and  such  as  could  easily  be  rec- 
tified. 

"But  while  the  Grand  Lodge  has  not  changed  or  modi- 
fied the  w^ork,  nor  authorized  the  same  to  be  done,  another 
impression  has  gone  forth  that  this  Grand  Lodge  has  aban- 
doned its  work,  and  that  it  actually  has  none.  No  impres- 
sion could  be  more  unfounded. 

"To  place  this  matter  beyond  all  cavil,  I  appointed  R. 
W.  Brothers  Fisher,  Chamberlain,  Prickett  and  Burr  a  com- 
mittee of  lecturers  on  discrepancies,  myself  acting  as  the 
umpire.  The  result  of  all  these  labors  will  be  laid  before 
you  by  the  committee  raised  upon  your  order,  and  I  urgent- 
ly recommend  that  efficient  measures  be  ordered  to  dissem- 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  323 

inate  the  work  and  lectures  among  the  Lodges  in  this  juris- 
diction." 

Grand  Master  Gorin,  in  1867,  recommended  that  a  com- 
mittee be  appointed  to  revise  the  work  and  lectures  of  this 
Grand  Jurisdiction,  which  was  approved  by  the  Grand 
Lodge,  and  said  committee  made  its  report  at  the  annual 
communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  in  1869.  It  appears 
from  the  above  extract  from  the  address  of  Grand  Master 
Reynolds  that  he  was  opposed  to  any  revision.  However,  the 
committee  at  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
in  1869,  made  the  following  report: 

''To  the  Most  Worshipful  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  A.  F. 

&  A.  M. : 

"Your  committee,  appointed  in  pursuance  of  the  order 
of  the  Grand  Lodge,  at  the  annual  communication  of  1867, 
for  the  purpose  of  revising  the  work  of  this  jurisdiction,  re- 
spectfully report  that  they  have  carefully  considered  the 
subject  matter  before  them,  have  revised  the  work  and  are 
prepared  to  exemplify  the  same  at  the  pleasure  of  this  Grand 
Lodge." 

Moved  by  W.  Brother  T.  J.  Heirs  that  the  report  be  ac- 
cepted, which  motion  was  lost. 

Moved  by  R.  W.  Brother  Joseph  Robbins,  G.  O.,  that 
the  report  be  received  and  the  committee  discharged,  which 
motion  was  laid  on  the  table. 

On  motion  of  Brother ,  ordered  that  the  report 

be  received  and  the  work  be  exemplified  at  7  o'clock,  p.  m. 

Seven  o'clock  p.  m.,  Tuesday,  Oct.  5,  1869. 

The  M.  W.  Grand  Master,  officers,  members  and  repre- 
sentatives present  as  in  the  morning. 

Labor  on  the  third  and  second  degrees  of  Masonry  was 
dispensed  with,  and  resumed  on  the  first. 

The  committee  on  work  assumed  the  following  stations : 

R.  W.  Bro.  John  W.  Clyde  (33)  as  Worshipful  Master. 

R.  W.  Bro.  George  E.  Lounsberry  (290)  as  Senior  War- 
den. 


324  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Joseph  O.  Cunningham  (157)  as  Junior 
Warden, 

R.  W.  Bro.  Harrison  Dills  ( i )  as  Treasurer. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Milo  D.  Chamberlain  (97)  as  Secretary, 

R,  W.  Bro.  Thomas  J.  Prickett  (241)  as  Senior  Deacon. 

R.  W,  Bro.  Royal  L.  Munn  (381)  as  Junior  Deacon, 

The  opening  ceremonies  of  the  first  degree  were  re- 
hearsed. 

Mr,  Charles  J.  Heuston,  having  been  duly  elected  by 
Springfield  Lodge,  No.  4,  and  at  the  request  and  by  permis- 
sion of  said  Lx)dge,  and  having  answered  the  usual  inter- 
rogatories in  a  satisfactory  manner,  was  duly  prepared,  in- 
troduced and  initiated  an  Entered  Apprentice  Mason, 

Brother  Heuston,  having  retired,  labor  on  the  first  de- 
gree was  dispensed  with,  and  resumed  on  the  third. 

Upon  motion  duly  seconded,  the  work  as  exemplified  was 
re-affirmed  as  the  work  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois, 

The  Grand  Lodge  was  called  from  labor  to  refreshment 
until  Wednesday  morning  at  eight  o'clock. 

Thus  was  the  present  standard  work  adopted  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  but,  as  heretofore  stated,  it  was  not 
universally  worked  by  the  Lodges  for  several  years  after  the 
adoption,  because  the  Preston,  or  so-called  Wade-Barney 
work,  had  been  the  recognized  work  for  so  many  years  that 
it  was  hard  for  the  Masonic  workers  to  drop  it  and  learn 
orally  the  new  work. 

Brother  James  McManus  was  the  first  to  introduce  the 
new  work  in  Occidental  Lodge  when  he  was  Master  in  1881. 
He  obtained  it  from  R.  W.  Brother  M.  D.  Chamberlain,  and 
the  compiler  of  this  work  received  it  from  brother  McManus. 

Occidental  Lodge  was  never  more  proficient  in  the  stand- 
ard work  than  at  the  present  time,  and  to  no  one  is  she  under 
greater  obligations  for  such  proficiency  than  to  Brother  A. 
J.  Newell  (who  has  long  since  received  his  reward  in  that 
house  not  made  with  hands,  eternal  in  the  heavens)  and  to 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  325 

R.  W.  Brother  W.  D.  Fullerton,  the  present  efficient  District 
Deputy  Grand  Master  of  the  Ninth  Masonic  District. 

Occidental  Lodge  is  now  honored  by  having  three  Grand 
Lecturers  among  its  members,  viz :  R.  W.  Brothers  Samuel 
B.  Bradford,  Herman  S.  Blanchard  and  Richard  D.  Mills, 
all  of  whom  passed  a  most  creditable  examination  and  now 
hold  commissions  from  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  as  Grand 
Lecturers. 


326  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  WHITE  APRON. 

"It  is  an  emblem  of  innocence  and  the  badge  of  a  Mason ; 
more  ancient  than  the  Golden  Fleece  or  Roman  Eagle ;  more 
honorable  than  the  Star  and  Garter,  or  any  other  order  that 
can  be  conferred  upon  you  at  this  or  any  future  period,  by 
King,  Prince,  Potentate  or  any  other  person,  except  he  be  a 
Mason." 

Dr.  Mackey  says :  "There  is  no  one  of  the  symbols  of 
speculative  Masonry  more  important  in  its  teachings,  or  more 
interesting  in  its  history,  than  the  lambskin,  or  white  leather 
apron.  Commencing  its  lesson  at  an  early  period  in  the  Ma- 
son's progress,  it  is  impressed  upon  his  memory  as  the  first 
gift  which  he  receives,  the  first  symbol  which  is  explained  to 
him,  and  the  first  tangible  evidence  which  he  possesses  of  his 
admission  into  the  Fraternity. 

"Whatever  may  be  his  future  advancement  in  the  'royal 
art,'  into  whatsoever  deeper  arcana  his  devotion  to  the  mystic 
institution  or  his  thirst  for  knowledge  may  subsequently  lead 
him,  with  the  lambskin  apron,  his  first  investure — he  never 
parts. 

"Changing  perhaps  its  form  and  its  decorations,  and  con- 
veying, at  each  step,  some  new  but  still  beautiful  allusion,  its 
substance  is  still  there,  and  it  continues  to  claim  the  honored 
title  by  which  it  was  first  made  known  to  him  on  the  night  of 
his  initiation,  as  'the  badge  of  a  Mason.' 

"If  in  less  important  portions  of  our  ritual  there  are  abun- 
dant allusions  to  the  manners  and  customs  of  the  ancient 
world,  it  is  not  to  be  supposed  that  the  Masonic  rite  of  inves- 
ture— the  ceremony  of  clothing  the  newly  initiated  candidate 
with  this  distinctive  badge  of  his  profession — is  without  its 
archetype  in  the  times  and  practices  long  passed  away.  It 
would,  indeed,  be  strange,  while  all  else  in  Masonry  is  cov- 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  327 

ered  with  the  veil  of  antiquity,  that  the  apron  alone,  its  most 
significant  symbol,  should  be  indebted  for  its  existence  to 
the  invention  of  a  modern  mind. 

"On  the  contrary,  we  shall  find  the  most  satisfactory  evi- 
dence that  the  use  of  the  apron,  or  some  equivalent  mode 
of  investure,  as  a  mystic  symbol,  was  common  to  all  the  na- 
tions of  the  earth  from  the  earliest  periods. 

"Among  the  Israelites,  the  girdle  formed  a  part  of  the 
investure  of  the  priesthood.  In  the  mysteries  of  Mithras, 
in  Persia,  the  candidate  was  invested  with  a  white  apron. 
In  the  initiations  practiced  in  Hindoostan,  the  ceremony  of 
investure  was  preserved,  but  a  sash,  called  the  sacred  zen- 
nar,  was  substituted  for  the  apron.  The  Jewish  sect  of  the 
Essenes  clothed  their  novices  with  a  white  robe.  The  cele- 
brated traveller,  Kaempfer,  informs  us  that  the  Japanese,  who 
practice  certain  rites  of  initiation,  invest  their  candidates 
with  a  white  apron,  bound  round  the  loins  with  a  zone  or 
girdle.  In  the  Scandinavian  rites,  the  military  genius  of 
the  people  caused  them  to  substitute  a  white  shield,  but  its 
presentation  was  accompanied  by  an  emblematic  instruc- 
tion not  unlike  that  which  is  connected  with  the  Mason's 
apron." 

Dr.  Oliver,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  and  learned 
of  English  Masons  of  the  nineteenth  century,  says :  "The 
apron  appears  to  have  been  in  ancient  times  an  honorary 
badge  of  distinction.  In  the  Jewish  economy,  none  but  the 
superior  orders  of  the  priesthood  were  permitted  to  adorn 
themselves  with  ornamented  girdles,  which  were  made  of 
blue,  purple  and  crimson,  decorated  with  gold,  upon  a 
ground  of  fine  white  linen,  while  the  inferior  priests  wore 
only  plain  white. 

"The  Indian,  the  Persian,  the  Jewish,  the  Ethiopian,  and 
the  Egyptian  aprons,  though  equally  superb,  all  bore  a  char- 


328  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

acter  distinct  from  each  other.  Some  were  plain  white 
ones,  others  striped  with  blue,  purple  and  crimson;  some 
were  of  wrought  gold,  others  adorned  and  decorated  with 
superb  tassels  and  fringes. 

"In  a  word,  though,  the  principal  honor  of  the  apron  may 
consist  in  innocence  of  conduct  and  purity  of  heart,  yet  it 
certainly  appears  through  all  ages  to  have  been  a  most  ex- 
alted badge  of  distinction. 

"In  primitive  times,  it  was  rather  an  ecclesiastical  than 
civil  decoration,  although  in  some  cases  the  apron  was  ele- 
vated to  great  superiority  as  a  national  trophy.  The  royal 
standard  of  Persia  was  originally  an  apron  in  form  and 
dimensions.  At  this  day  it  is  connected  with  ecclesiastical 
honors;  for  the  chief  dignitaries  of  the  Christian  church, 
wherever  a  legitimate  establishment,  with  the  necessary  de- 
gree of  rank  and  subordination  is  formed,  are  invested  with 
aprons  as  a  pecular  badge  of  distinction,  which  is  a  collater- 
al proof  of  the  fact  that  Masonry  was  originally  incorpo- 
rated with  the  various  systems  of  divine  worship  used  by 
every  people  in  the  ancient  world.  Masonry  retains  the 
symbol  or  shadow ;  it  cannot  have  renounced  the  reality  or 
substance." 

The  color  of  the  Masonic  apron  should  be  pure,  unspot- 
ted white,  which  color  has  in  all  ages  and  countries  been 
esteemed  an  emblem  of  innocence  and  purity.  It  should  be 
made  of  lambskin,  and  in  dimensions,  14  to  16  inches  wide 
and  12  to  14  inches  deep,  with  a  fall,  or  bib,  3  to  4  inches 
deep. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  329 


THE  MASTER'S  HAT. 

The  Master  wears  his  hat  while  presiding  over  a  Lodge 
of  Masons  because  it  is  an  emblem  of  authority.  It  had  its 
origin  during  the  Middle  Ages.  Gothic  justices  always 
wore  a  cap  or  head-dress  when  presiding  in  court,  as  an 
emblem  of  their  authority,  and  the  people  wore  their  hats 
while  attending  the  tribunal  as  symbols  of  personal  liberty. 
Gessler's  well  known  emblem  of  subjection  and  superiority 
was  a  hat  placed  on  a  pole,  as  is  well  known  to  any  school- 
boy who  has  read  the  story  of  William  Tell  and  the  apple. 
Ancient  Germans  also  regarded  the  wearing  of  the  hat  as 
a  type  of  freedom,  or  as  a  release  from  servitude.  And 
thus,  while  Mediaeval  Masons  worked  with  their  heads  cov- 
ered as  a  sign  of  freedom,  the  exceptional  feature  of  the 
Master's  hat  contains  the  secret  symbolism  of  authority 
at  the  present  day. 


330  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  GAVEL. 

"The  common  gavel  is  an  instrument  made  use  of  by  op- 
erative masons  to  break  off  the  corners  of  rough  stones,  the 
better  to  fit  them  for  the  builder's  use,  but  we,  as  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons,  are  taught  to  make  use  of  it  for  the  more 
noble  and  glorious  purpose  of  divesting  our  hearts  and  con- 
sciences of  all  the  vices  and  superfluities  of  life ;  thereby 
fitting  our  minds,  as  living  stones  for  that  spiritual  build- 
ing, that  house  not  made  with  hands  eternal  in  the  heav- 
ens. 

It  has  been  clearly  demonstrated  by  learned  mytholo- 
gists  that  the  Master's  gavel  has  descended  to  modern  Free- 
masonry with  the  symbolism  of  Thor's  hammer.  It  is  typ- 
ical of  absolutism  and  authority,  and,  when  wielded  with 
skill  and  energy,  the  Freemason  within  hearing  of  its  knocks 
will  humbly  bow  to  the  emblem  of  might  with  the  same 
alacrity  that  the  Norseman  trembled  at  Thor's  hammer.  It 
convenes  a  Lodge  of  Masons  as  it  convenes  a  court  of  jus- 
tice, by  a  blow  which  notifies  those  within  its  sound  that  the 
Master  has  assumed  the  symbol  of  authority  and  calls,  by 
virtue  of  the  gavel,  to  order  and  submission. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  33 1 


LIGHTS. 

A  Lodge  has  three  symbolic  lights,  situated  E.,  W.  and 
S.    There  is  none  in  the  N,    *****    * 

In  a  Masonic  Lodge  no  light  appears  on  the  north  side. 

The  north  was  especially  symbolized  in  the  judicial  pro- 
cedures of  the  Middle  Ages.  Below  the  judges,  on  the 
right,  stood  the  accuser,  on  the  left  was  the  accused.  The 
former  in  the  south  facing  the  north,  and  the  latter  in  the 
north  looking  to  the  south. 

In  the  center  of  the  court,  directly  before  the  judge, 
stood  an  altar  upon  which  rested  an  open  Bible.  South  of 
the  altar  was  deemed  honorable  and  worthy  for  the  plain- 
tiff, but  the  north  was  typical  of  a  frightful  darkness. 

When  a  person  was  put  on  trial  in  grievous  criminal 
accusations,  and  made  a  solemn  oath  of  purgation,  his  face 
turned  toward  the  north,  and  in  other  cases,  less  aggravated, 
he  faced  the  east. 

The  executioner,  in  executing  the  extreme  penalty  of 
the  law,  faced  the  convict  toward  the  north,  as  a  symbolism 
of  eternal  darkness. 


332  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


BLUE  LODGE. 

The  most  solemn  oath  known  to  the  ancient  Teuton  was 
sworn  on  a  blue  stone.  This  is  undoubtedly  the  source 
from  whence  Masonic  Altars  covered  with  blue  emanated. 

The  Druids  also  accorded  equal  reverence  to  this  color. 
The  conception  involved  in  this  symbolism  has  survived 
to  modern  Freemasonry,  for  we  designate  our  places  of 
meeting  by  the  name  of  "Blue  Lodge,"  typical  of  that  un- 
alterable constancy  and  zeal  expressed  by  the  ancient  em- 
blem. Hence  the  upholstering  of  the  furniture  in  a  Sym- 
bolic Lodge  should  be  in  blue. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  333 


ODE  TO  ILLINOIS. 
I. 

Oh,  Illinois!     What  a  Paradise  blest, 

A  garden  of  Eden,  the  pride  of  the  west. 
The  home  of  the  great,  the  proud  and  the  free, 

States  of  the  west!  'tis  true  I  love  thee. 
Your  rivers  and  creeks  and  your  beautiful  trees 

Are  nursed  by  the  sun  and  rocked  by  the  breeze. 
Your  rippling  brooks  and  your  murmuring  rills 

A  requiem  sing  to  your  towering  hills. 
Your  wide  rolling  plains  and  your  mineral  wealth, — 

God's  fairest  of  lands,  all  blooming  in  health: 

n. 

The  Father  of  Waters  rolls  swift  by  your  side. 

Drifting  away  to  old  Mexico's  tide; 
The  Great  Lakes  of  the  north  triumphantly  boast, 

That  Michigan  strands  on  your  northern  coast; 
The  Ohio  and  Wabash  join  in  the  throng, 

While  on  your  southeast  they  murmur  along. 
The  blue  Illinois  sings  a  mournful  tune 

At  the  base  of  Starved  Rock,  an  Indian  tomb, 
Where  the  brave  lUini,  our  Indian  tribe. 

Besieged  by  the  Iroquois,  fought,  bled  and  died. 
And  Buffalo  Rock  stands  proud  in  the  vale 

To  touch  for  the  truth  a  historical  tale. 
And  Ottawa,  too,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Fox, 

A  magnificent  city  built  on  the  rocks, 
Kissed  by  the  sunbeams'  reddening  glow 

When  the  sun  rises  and  when  setting  low; 
The  old  fort  on  the  hill — aboriginal  strife, — 

The  pioneer's  home  when  fleeing  for  life. 
Nature's  own  scenery,  grand  and  sublime, — 

Beautiful  city,  grandeur  is  thine! 
The  smoke  and  the  steam  and  the  loud  whistles  shriek, 

The  neighing  of  steeds  and  the  jamming  of  streets. 
The  pulling  and  hawing  and  geeing  about, 

Of  teams  coming  in  and  teams  going  out. 
Reminds  me  of  home  in  my  childhood's  days. 

When  wending  from  school  with  the  sun's  setting  rays. 
What  fond  recollections,  my  memory  instills 

Of  that  home  in  the  valley,  environed  by  hills! 


334  THE  WHITE  APRON, 

III. 

Oh,  proud  Illinois!     The  home  of  the  true 

Defenders  of  right,  the  Red,  White  and  Blue. 
When  cruel  rebellion  endangered  the  life 

Of  our  glorious  nation,  you  rushed  to  the  strife, 
Your  Wallace  and  Irwin  and  Lindley  and  Earle 

The  Star  Spangled  Banner  in  Dixie  unfurled. 
On  Donelson  Heights,  an  Irwin  you  gave 

The  fame  of  your  arms  the  nation  to  save. 
On  Shiloh's  dread  field  of  carnage  and  strife 

There  Wallace  in  battle  gave  up  his  life. 
And  Lindley,  while  home  a  recorder  of  deeds, 

At  Altoona  was  slain  by  fell  rebel  creeds. 
The  brave  Fifty-third  at  Jackson  was  bled ; 

While  charging  the  rebels  by  Earle  they  were  led. 
While  flaming  artillery  was  sounding  the  knell 

The  heroic  Earle  exaltingly  fell. 

IV. 

Oh!  Goddess  of  Liberty,  be  proud  of  our  State, 

We  gave  you  a  Lincoln,  a  President  great. 
With  prospects  of  peace,  while  exulting  with  joy, 

Wilkes  Booth,  the  assassin,  did  Lincoln  destroy. 
Entombed  in  our  state  in  peace  may  he  rest 

When  war  wages  fiercely  in  doubtful  contest. 
1872.  — W.  L.   MILLIGAN. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  335 


ST.  JOHN'S  LODGE,  No.  13, 

Of  Peru,  111.,  was  organized  at  Vermillionville,  La  Salle 
county,  111.,  August  7,  1841,  under  dispensation  granted 
by  the  M.  W.  Grand  Lodge.  The  petitioners  met  in  con- 
vocation in  their  lodge  room  in  the  village  of  Vermillion- 
ville, Saturday,  August  7,  1841,  and  proceeded  to  open  and 
organize  a  Lodge  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  under  the 
style  and  name  of  St.  John's  Lodge.    Present : 

Brother  Luther  Woodward,  Worshipful  Master. 

Brother  Andrew  Kirkpatrick,  Senior  Warden. 

Brother  Mathias  J.  Ross,  Junior  Warden. 

Brother  Asa  Holdridge,  M.  M.,  brother  Samuel  Norton, 
M.  M.,  brother  Angus  McMillen,  E.  P. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  draft  and  report  a  code 
of  by-laws  for  the  government  of  this  Lodge,  consisting  of 
brothers  Woodward,  Kirkpatrick,  Ross  and  Potter. 

Both  Kirkpatrick  and  Holdridge  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  procure  jewels  and  furniture  for  this  Lodge. 

Lodge  adjourned  to  meet  again  on  Saturday,  two  weeks 
from  this  day,  at  four  o'clock  p.  m. 

But  one  brother  was  raised  in  this  Lodge  during  the 
year  1842 — Steven  W.  Pain,  March  31st. 

January  30th,  brother  M.  J.  Ross,  who  died  January 
28th,  was  buried  with  the  honors  of  Masonry.  Brother 
Ross  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Lodge. 

September  22d,  the  Lodge  resolved  to  apply  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  for  a  charter,  and  passed  the  following  res- 
olution : 

Also  voted.  That  on  account  of  the  retired  situation  of 
Vermillionville,  and  by  the  advice  of  a  number  of  brethren 
of  Peru,  we,  after  mature  consideration,  think  it  for  the  in- 
terest of  the  institution  to  remove  this  Lodge  to  that  place. 


336  THE  WHITE  APRON, 

and  ask  the  Grand  Lodge  to  grant  a  charter  for  this  Lodge 
at  that  place. 

At  the  meeting  of  October  13th,  the  name  of  Warren 
Brown  appears  among  the  members.  This  is  the  same 
brother  Warren  Brown  that  was  Secretary  of  Western  Star 
Lodge,  No.  107,  the  first  Lodge  organized  within  the 
present  Hmits  of  the  state  of  Illinois. 

December  1 5th  officers,  as  follows,  were  elected : 

L.  Woodward,  Worshipful  Master. 

Harmer  Whitehead,  Senior  Warden. 

Samuel  Norton,  Junior  Warden. 

Dr.  T.  W.  Hennessey,  Treasurer. 

Ambrose  O'Connor,  Secretary. 

Warren  Brown,  Senior  Deacon. 

A.  Kirkpatrick,  Junior  Deacon. 

A.  Holdridge,  Tyler. 

At  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois,  convened  at  the  city  of  Jacksonville,  October  3, 
1842,  the  committee  on  returns  and  work  reported  at  the 
evening  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge  recommending 
the  granting  of  a  charter  to  St.  John's  Lodge  as  No.  13,  and 
its  removal  from  Vermillionville  to  Peru,  which  was  ac- 
cordingly done. 

This  Lodge  is  still  in  existence  and  one  of  the  most  ac- 
tive and  historic  Lodges  of  Freemasons  in  Illinois.  The 
writer's  esteemed  friend  and  Right  Worshipful  Brother, 
Frederick  E.  Hoberg,  is  its  present  efficient  secretary.  Lu 
ther  Woodward,  Andrew  Kirkpatrick  and  Asa  Holdridge 
were  members  of  Ottawa  Lodge,  No.  114,  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  in  1839  and  1840, 
and  demitted  in  1841  to  organize  St.  John's  Lodge,  No.  13. 


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STARVED   ROCK. 

[A  reverie  written  by  John  D.  Hammond,  suggested  by  a  visit  to 
Starved  Rock,  about  1882.] 

I. 

Where  the  sunlit  prairies  glisten 

By  the  sparkling  Illinois; 
And  the  bluffs  in  picturesgue  grandeur, 

Tower  towards  the  sky, 
Lies  a  spot  so  rich  in  beauty. 

That  the  heart  at  nature's  shrine 
Bows  and  feels  the  inspiration 

Of  those  wondrous  scenes  sublime. 

II. 

'Tis  not  grand  nor   lofty  mountains 

In  this  region  that  so  please, 
But  a  beauty  in  the  landscape, 

And  the  verdure  of  the  trees; 
Mossy  dells,  where  ferns  lie  hidden, 

In  their  tangled  beds  of  green. 
Wooded  heights,  where  dew-drops  glisten, 

In  the  summer's  golden  sheen. 

III. 

Far  away  the  Illinois 

Rolls,  a  line  of  siliver  light, 
'Till  in  ribbon  like  dimensions 

It  disappears  trom  sight; 
Flowing  on  by  wooded  hill-tops, 

Craggy  peaks,  the  rocky  glens; 
Deep  ravines  and  wondrous  canyons, 

And  the  busy  haunts  of  men. 

IV. 

What  historic  memories  gather 

As  we  view  this  lonely  spot! 
We  think  of  0-ma-wa-quah 

And  the  legends  of  Starved  Rock; 
Of  that  noble  tribe  of  warriors — 

The  once  famous  Illini — 
Sent  from  here  by  slow  starvation. 

To  their  hunting  grounds  on  high. 


23^  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


V. 

Like  a  gleam  of  flitting  sunshine, 

All  the  past  drops  into  view — 
All  its  horrors,  dreads  and  tortures. 

Pass  before  us  in  review. 
Long  we  muse  in  thoughtful  silence, 

Every  passing  scene  a  shock, 
'Till  the  wild  bird's  joyous  singing. 

From  our  reverie  calls  us  back. 

VI. 
In  a  moment  'tis  forgotten. 

All  the  horrors  flit  from  view; 
While  the  glorious  panorama 

Lights  the  vision  up  anew. 
Here  we  gaze  on  sunny  landscapes 

Which  in  time  may  fade  away. 
But  this  monument  of  ages 

Will  forever  hold  its  sway. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  339 


HUMBOLDT  LODGE,   No.  555. 

A  resume  of  the  history  of  Humboldt  Lodge,  No.  555, 
the  only  daughter  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F,  & 
A.  M.: 

On  the  first  day  of  April,  1867,  M.  W.  Jerome  R.  Gorin, 
Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  Illi- 
nois, on  the  petition  of  Joseph  Gondolf,  and  the  requisite 
number  of  brethren,  issued  a  dispensation  to  form  and  open 
a  new  Lodge  at  Ottawa,  Illinois,  to  be  called  Humboldt 
Lodge,  and  designated  Joseph  Gondolf  as  Worshipful 
Master. 

At  the  annual  communication  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  held 
in  Springfield,  October  i,  1867,  the  committee  on  Lodges 
U.  D.,  after  examining  the  returns  of  Humboldt  Lodge,  U. 
D.,  recommended  that  a  charter  be  granted  to  Humboldt 
Lodge  as  No.  555,  which  report  was  approved  by  the 
Grand  Lodge,  and  Humboldt  Lodge  was  soon  after  consti- 
tuted, and  is  now,  with  a  membership  of  one  hundred  and 
six,  one  of  the  most  hospitable  and  charitable  Masonic 
Lodges  in  Illinois. 

Appeals  for  worthy  charities  were  never  known  to  have 
been  refused  by  this  Lodge,  and  the  writer  can  personally 
testify  to  the  degree  of  unanimity  with  v/hich  the  brethren 
of  Humboldt  Lodge  responded  to  the  call  for  funds  with 
which  to  found  the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home  in 
1885.  Every  member  of  Humboldt  Lodge  contributed  lib- 
erally and  cheerfully  toward  this  worthy  project. 

Occidental  Lodge  is  proud  of  the  record  her  only 
daughter,  Humboldt,  has  made  since  constituted  forty  years 
ago.  The  personnel  of  Humboldt  Lodge  is  equal  to  any 
Masonic   Lodge   in   this   grand   jurisdiction,   and   numbers 


340  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

among  its  members  many  of  the  most  successful  profession- 
al and  business  men,  and  men  of  the  highest  social  stand- 
ing in  our  community. 

Forty  years  ago  Occidental  Lodge  had  a  membership 
consisting  of  many  of  the  best  German  speaking  people  in 
Ottawa,  and,  because  of  this  fact,  and  there  being  many 
highly  respectable  Germans  who  maintained  a  favorable 
opinion  of  Freemasonry  and  were  desirous  of  becoming 
members  of  a  Masonic  Lodge,  but  were  deterred  from  so 
doing  because  of  their  inability  to  understand  the  English 
language,  Joseph  Gondolf,  and  other  Germans  who  be- 
longed to  Occidental  Lodge,  petitioned  the  Grand  Master 
for  a  new  Lodge  in  which  they  could  exemplify  the  work 
in  their  mother  tongue. 

The  work  was  exemplified  in  the  German  language  for 
a  number  of  years  in  Humboldt  Lodge,  and  the  early  rec- 
ords were  also  written  in  German,  but  as  the  years  wore 
along,  brethren  of  the  English  speaking  language  began  to 
knock  at  their  outer  door  for  admission,  until,  at  the  present 
time,  the  proportion  of  German  membership  is  not  much 
greater  than  that  of  Occidental  Lodge,  and  the  work  long 
ago  ceased  to  be  exemplified  in  German,  and  the  records 
are  now  written  in  English. 

Members  of  Humboldt  Lodge  have  filled  important  Ma- 
sonic offices  and  presided  over  Shabbona  Chapter,  No.  37, 
R.  A.  M.,  and  Ottawa  Commandery,  No.  10,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, and  Brother  Albert  F.  Schoch,  Past  Master  of  Hum.- 
boldt  Lodge,  is  now  Grand  Commander  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery of  Knights  Templar  of  Illinois. 

Mention  has  heretofore  been  made  as  to  ceremonials, 
such  as  laying  corner  stones,  celebrating  St.  John's  Day 
and  other  Masonic  functions  participated  in  by  Humboldt 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  34 1 

Lodge  in  that  part  of  this  work  pertaining  to  the  mother 
Lodge — Occidental. 

During  the  past  few  years,  St.  John's  Day  has  been  most 
fittingly  celebrated  by  Occidental  and  Humboldt  Lodges 
jointly,  and  the  brethren  and  their  families  have  become  ac- 
customed to  look  forward  to  the  festival  and  picnic  of  St. 
John's  Day,  June  24th,  with  a  considerable  enthusiasm. 

The  charter  members  of  Humboldt  Lodge  were  Joseph 
Gondolf,  Henry  Gondolf,  Herman  Alschuler,  Adolphus 
Baedecker,  Christian  Forster,  George  W.  Fuchs,  Christian 
G.  Irion,  Charles  G.  Lutz,  Mathias  Maierhofer,  George  W. 
Ravens,  Charles  Theodore  Rohde,  Jacob  Schmid,  Her- 
man Silver,  Anton  H.  Strobel  and  Herman  Warlick. 

Of  the  above  charter  members,  George  W.  Fuchs  was 
raised  in  Occidental  Lodge  in  1856;  Henry  Gondolf  and 
Herman  Alschuler  in  1859;  Anton  H.  Strobel  in  1861; 
Christian  G.  Irion,  November  17,  1862;  Joseph  Gondolf 
June  I,  1863;  Charles  G.  Lutz  July  18,  1864;  Herman 
Warlick,  August  i,  1864;  Jacob  Schmid,  November  20, 
1865;  Henry  Koch,  November  19,  1866,  and  were  demitted 
from  Occidental  Lodge  by  law  of  affiliation  as  charter  mem- 
bers of  Humboldt  Lodge,  November  18,  1867. 

THE   MASTERS  OF  HUMBOLDT   LODGE. 

Joseph  Gondolf,  1867  ^^'^^  1868. 
Henry  Koch,  1869  to  1873,  inclusive. 
George  W.  Ravens,  1874  and  1881. 
George  W.  Fuchs,  1875  to  1877,  inclusive. 
Henry  Gondolf,  1878  to  1880. 
Isaac  Weil,  1882  to  1884. 
Otto  J.  Gondolf,  1885  to  1887. 
Al.  F.  Schoch,  1888,  '89,  '90  and  1896. 
Charles  Geiger,  189 1  and  1892. 
George  H.  Pruett,  1893. 


342  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Phillip  Leiner,  1894  and  1895. 

Henry  Bestman,  1897  and  1898. 

George  H.  Haight,  1899  to  1901,  inclusive. 

Fred  A.  Hatheway,   1902  to  1904,  inclusive. 

R.  A.  Nickerson,  1905. 

Phillip  J.  Wendel,  1906. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  343 


ADIEU!  A  HEART  WARM  FOND  ADIEU! 

Adieu!  a  heart  warm  fond  adieu! 

Dear  brothers  of  the  mystic  tie! 
Ye  favoured,  ye  enlightened  few, 

Companians  of  my  social  joy! 
Though  I  to  foreign  lands  must  hie, 

Pursuing  Fortune's  sliddry  ba', 
With  melting  heart,  and  brimful  eye, 

I'll  mind  you  still,  though  far  awa'. 

Oft  have  I  met  your  social  band. 

And  spent  the  cheerful  festive  night, 
Oft  honoured  with  supreme  command, 

Presided  o'er  the  sons  of  light; 
And  by  that  hieroglyphic  bright. 

Which  none  but  craftsman  ever  saw! 
Strong  memory  on  my  heart  shall  write. 

Those  happy  scenes  when  far  awa'. 

May  freedom,  harmony  and  love, 

Unite  you  in  the  grand  design. 
Beneath  the  Omniscient  Eye  above. 

The  glorious  architect  divine! 
That  you  may  keep  the  unerring  line. 

Still  rising  by  the  plummet's  law. 
Till  order  bright  completely  shine, 

Shall  be  my  prayer  when  far  awa'. 

And  you  farewell,  whose  merits  claim, 

Justly  that  highest  badge  to  wear! 
Heaven  bless  your  honour'd  noble  name. 

To  Masonry  and  Scotia  dear! 
A  last  request  permit  me  here. 

When  yearly  ye  assemble  a'. 
One  round,  I  ask  it  with  a  tear. 

To  him,  the  bard,  that's  far  awa'. 

The  above  poem  was  written  by  Robert  Burns  as  a  sort 
of  farewell  to  the  Masonic  companions  of  his  youth,  when 
he  was  on  the  point  of  leaving  Scotland  for  Jamaica,  1786. 
Robert  Burns  was  made  a  Mason  during  the  summer  of 
1783,  when  he  was  twenty-three  years  of  age.  He  died 
July  21,  1796. 


344  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


ADDENDA. 

Mention  is  made  on  page  35  of  the  appointment  on 
February  6,  1846,  of  brothers  C.  V.  Kelley,  J.  D.  Caton,  T. 
Lyle  Dickey  and  M.  H.  Swift,  a  committee  on  the  resoki- 
tion  of  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  3,  Jacksonville,  111.,  which 
Lodge  had  complained  to  the  Grand  Lodge  regarding  ne- 
groes being  admitted  into  Masonic  Lodges  in  Chicago. 

At  a  communication  of  Occidental  Lodge,  February  20, 
1846,  this  committee  was  instructed  to  report  at  the  next 
regular  communication. 

John  G.  Reynolds  says  in  his  "History  of  Masonry  in 
Illinois"  (records  read)  : 

"At  this  communication,  the  committee  appointed  to  re- 
port on  the  subject  of  the  Chicago  circular,  made  their  re- 
port in  the  words  following,  to-wit,  which  report  being  ac- 
cepted was  ordered  to  be  printed,  and  the  Secretary  in- 
structed to  forward  copies  of  the  same  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
and  the  several  Lodges  in  the  state,  with  as  little  delay  as 
possible." — March  6,  1846. 

Reynolds  says:  "On  the  opposite  page  is  the  remark, 
'Here  follows  the  report.'  If  the  report  was  ever  recorded, 
it  has  long  since  faded,  for  the  page  is  as  guiltless  of  ink  as 
it  was  the  day  it  left  the  mill  where  it  was  manufactured." 

Since  going  to  press,  through  the  kindness  of  R.  W. 
Bro.  Fred  E.  Hoberg,  Secretary  of  St.  John's  Lodge,  No. 
13,  Peru,  111.,  I  am  able  to  herewith  produce  the  report  of 
the  above  committee,  a  certified  copy  of  which  he  fortunately 
found  among  the  old  records  and  files  in  the  archives  of  St. 
John's  Lodge : 

At  a  meeting  of  Occidental  Lodge,  held  at  Mason's  hall, 
in  Ottawa,  La  Salle  county,  111.,  March  the  6th,  5846, — 
The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Circular  from 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  345 

three  Lodges  in  Chicago  in  reply  to  the  Circular  from  Har- 
mony Lodge,  No.  3,  Jacksonville,  111.,  made  their  report, 
which  was  unanimously  adopted,  and  is  as  follows : 

The  Committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  Circular  from 
the  Lodges  in  Chicago,  as,  also,  that  from  St.  John's  Lodge, 
No.  13,  Peru,  and  another  from  Harmony  Lodge,  No.  3, 
Jacksonville,  111.,  respectfully  offer  the  following  report: 

Your  Committee  have  had  the  whole  matter,  as  far  as 
communicated  to  them,  under  consideration,  and  regret  ex- 
ceedingly that  such  hastiness  of  action  had  been  pursued  by 
H.  L.,  in  respect  to  the  allegations  contained  in  their  Circu- 
lar against  certain  practices  said  to  be  followed  in  one  of 
the  Lodges  in  Chicago,  over  which  the  M.  W.  G.  M.  pre- 
sides. 

Your  Committee,  however,  are  of  the  opinion  that  it  was 
not  the  intention  of  H.  L.  to  create  any  discord  amongst  the 
fraternity,  or  injure  the  character  and  standing  of  the  M. 
W.  G.  M. ;  but  that  their  proceedings,  however  hasty,  arose 
from  an  over-anxiety  and  zeal  for  the  preservation  of  the 
order  and  beauty  of  our  ancient  and  honorable  institution. 

Your  Committee  would  further  state,  that  the  circular 
from  the  three  Lodges  in  Chicago,  as  well  as  the  letter 
therein  from  the  M.  W.  G.  M.,  is,  and  is  hereby  acknowl- 
edged to  be,  a  full  and  unequivocal  refutation  of  the  charges 
contained  in  the  circular  from  H.  L.,  proving  to  the  full 
satisfaction  of  your  committee  their  falsity,  and  exciting 
both  surprise  and  regret,  that  any  Lodge  of  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons  should  accuse  a  sister  Lodge  of  unmasonic 
conduct  without  first  making  inquiry  as  to  the  truth  of  such 
a  charge. 

Your  Committee  would  further  express  disapprobation 
of  the  conduct  of  the  brother  who  made  these  statements, 
so  injurious  to  that  harmony  which  is  the  strength  and 
beauty  of  our  ancient  and  honorable  institution,  and  sincere- 
ly hope  that  he  will  repent  of  his  error,  acknowledge  his 
fault,  and  make  amends  to  those  whom  he  would  have  in- 
jured. 

Resolved,  That,  in  the  opinion  of  this  Lodge,  the  report 
from  the  Lodges  in  Chicago,  and  the  letter  of  the  M.  W. 


346  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

G.  M.,  are  a  complete  and  entire  refutation  of  the  charges 
made  by  H.  L.  on  the  Lodges  in  Chicago,  as  well  as  on  the 
standing  of  the  M.  W.  G.  M. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  this  report  and  resolutions  be 
sent  to  the  M.  W.  G.  M.,  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  and  to 
the  several  Lodges  in  the  state,  and  that  the  Secretary  is 
hereby  ordered  to  transmit  the  same  with  as  little  delay  as 

P      ^     ■  Charles  V.  Kelly, 

John  D.  Caton, 
T.  L.  Dickey, 
M.  H.  Swift, 
L.  Leland, 

Committee. 

I  certify  that  the  above  is  a  true  copy  of  the  report  pre- 
sented and  unanimously  adopted  at  a  regular  communica- 
tion of  Occidental  Lodge,  held  March  6,  5846. 

M.  H,  Swift,  Secretary. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  347 


NEGRO   LODGES. 

Since  this  subject  has  been  approached  in  the  history  of 
Occidental  Lodge,  we  beheve  it  of  interest  to  the  brethren 
to  recite,  in  condensed  form,  the  history  of  Negro  Lodges, 
and  their  relation  to  legally  constituted  Lodges. 

I  have  in  my  possession  the  history  of  negro  Masonry 
and  its  introduction  into  America,  which  agrees  with  that 
given  by  Dr.  Mackay  in  his  Encyclopedia  of  Freemasonry. 

On  September  20,  1784,  a  charter  for  a  Master's  Lodge 
was  granted,  although  not  received  until  1787,  to  Prince 
Hall  and  others,  all  colored  men,  under  the  authority  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England.  The  Lodge  bore  the  name  of 
"African  Lodge,  No.  429,"  (see  note)  and  was  situated  in 
the  city  of  Boston.  This  Lodge  ceased  its  connection  with 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  England  for  many  years,  and  about  the 
beginning  of  the  present  century  (19th)  its  registration  was 
stricken  from  the  rolls  of  that  Grand  Lodge,  its  legal  ex- 
istence, in  the  meantime,  never  having  been  recognized  by 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Massachusetts,  to  which  body  it  had  al- 
ways refused  to  acknowledge  allegiance. 

After  the  death  of  Hall  and  his  colleagues,  to  whom  the 
charter  had  been  granted,  the  Lodge,  for  want  of  some  one 
to  conduct  its  affairs,  fell  into  abeyance,  or  to  use  the  tech- 
nical phrase,  become  dormant.  After  some  years  it  was  re- 
vived, but  by  whom,  or  under  what  process  of  Masonic  law, 
is  not  stated,  and  information  of  the  revival  given  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England,  but  no  reply  or  recognition  was 
received  from  that  body. 

After  some  hesitation  as  to  what  would  be  the  proper 
course  to  pursue,  they  came  to  the  conclusion,  as  they  have 
themselves  stated,  "that  with  what  knowledge  they  possess- 
ed of  Masonry,  and  as  people  of  color  by  themselves,  they 


34^  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

were,  and  ought  by  right  to  be,  free  and  independent  of 
other  Lodges."  Accordingly,  on  the  i8th  oi  June,  1827, 
they  issued  a  protocol,  in  which  they  said : 

"We  publicly  declare  ourselves  free  and  independent  of 
any  Lodge  from  this  day,  and  we  will  not  be  tributary  or 
governed  by  any  Lodge  but  that  of  our  own."  They  soon 
after  assumed  the  name  of  the  "Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge," 
and  issued  charters  for  the  constitution  of  subordinates,  and 
from  it  have  proceeded  all  the  Lodges  of  colored  persons 
now  existing  in  the  United  States. 

Dr.  Mackey  says  further :  "Admitting  even  the  legality 
of  the  English  charter  of  1784,  which,  however,  is  question- 
able, as  there  was  already  a  Masonic  authority  in  Massachu- 
setts upon  whose  prerogatives  of  jurisdiction  such  charter 
was  an  invasion;  it  cannot  be  denied  that  the  unrecognized 
self-revival  of  1827,  and  the  subsequent  assumption  of 
Grand  Lodge  powers,  were  illegal,  and  rendered  both  the 
Prince  Hall  Grand  Lodge  and  all  the  Lodges  which  eman- 
ated from  it  clandestine.  And  this  has  been  the  unanimous 
opinion  of  all  Masonic  jurists  in  this  country." 

(Note. — Dr.  Mackey  is  in  error  as  to  the  number  be- 
ing "429."  I  have  a  list  published  in  London  of  the  names 
and  numbers  of  all  the  Lodges  granted  warrants  by  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  England  from  and  including  the  year  1721 
to  and  including  the  year  1813,  and  among  the  list  I  find 
chartered  in  1784,  No.  459,  African  Lodge,  Boston,  New 
England.  No.  459,  and  not  No.  429,  as  Dr.  Mackey  has 
it,  was  the  number  this  Lodge  was  known  under  in  the  list 
1781-1791,  and  as  No.  370,  list  1792-1813. — Author.) 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  349 


POLITICAL  AND  CIVIL  OFFICES. 

Among  the  political  and  civil  offices  held  by  members  of 
Occidental  Lodge  (pages  183  to  186,  inclusive)  the  names 
of  brother  Lorenzo  Leland,  clerk  of  the  Northern  Division 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois  from  1848  to  1867,  and 
brother  Cairo  D.  Trimble,  who  was  also  clerk  of  the  same 
Court  1 872- 1 878,  should  have  been  recorded,  also  the  name 
of  brother  Qiarles  J.  Yockey,  sheriff  of  La  Salle  county, 
1894  to  1898.  The  names  of  these  brethren  were  uninten- 
tionally omitted,  and  not  discovered  until  after  the  press 
work  had  been  well  along. 

Since  going  to  press  I  have  learned  that  brother  P.  V.  N. 
Smith,  who  was  raised  in  1852,  was  a  partner  of  Benjamin 
Phelps  (an  old  settler  of  Ottawa  and  brother-in-law  of  Col. 
D.  F.  Hitt)  in  the  mercantile  business,  and  was  killed  while 
hunting  by  the  accidental  discharge  of  his  gun. 


35°  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 

I  desire  to  express  my  acknowledgements  to  M.  W.  Bro. 
John  Corson  Smith,  past  Grand  Master  of  Masons  of  IIH- 
nois,  for  plates  of  dispensation  and  charter  of  Western  Star 
Lodge,  No.  107,  at  Kaskaskia,  111.,  and  also  plate  of  M. 
W.  Brother  Shadrach  Bond,  the  first  Territorial  Governor 
of  Illinois,  and  the  first  Grand  Master  of  the  first  Grand 
Lodge  of  Masons  in  Illinois,  1822. 

To  our  esteemed  friend  and  brother  Gil.  W.  Barnard 
for  plate  of  the  Illinois  Masonic  Orphans'  Home,  Chicago. 

To  the  late  R.  W.  Brother  J.  H.  C.  Dill  and  R.  W. 
Brother  Isaac  Cutter,  Grand  Secretary,  Grand  Lodge  of 
Illinois,  for  plate  of  R.  W.  Brother  Abram  Jonas,  the  first 
Grand  Master  of  the  present  Grand  Lodge  of  Masons  of 
Illinois,  1840. 

To  R,  W.  Brother  H.  B.  Grant,  Grand  Secretary  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  for  information  pertaining  to 
Ottawa  Lodge,  No,  1 14,  working  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kentucky,  1839. 

To  Miss  Belle  Wallace,  daughter  of  Gen.  W.  H.  L. 
Wallace,  for  notice  of  Lodge  meeting,  December  28,  1847, 
which  she  found  preserved  in  her  father's  scrap  book,  also 
for  the  plates  of  her  father,  Gen.  W.  H.  L.  Wallace,  and 
grandfather.  Col.  T.  Lyle  Dickey. 

To  Brother  A.  G.  Uhles,  Secretary  of  Alexandria-Wash- 
ington Lodge,  No.  22,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Alexandria,  Va.,  ant! 
Brother  Edward  Grimm,  Secretary  of  Miners'  Lodge,  No. 
273,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Galena,  111.,  for  information  concerning 
the  Masonic  affiliation  of  Col.  Daniel  Fletcher  Hitt. 

To  the  Ottawa  Free  Trader  for  "tidings"  of  some  of  the 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  35  1 

pioneer  members  of  Occidental   Lodge,  gleaned  from  the 
old  files  of  long  ago. 

To  Bro.  Charles  E.  Pettit,  Secretary  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  and  member  of  the  firm  of  Sapp,  Pettit  &  Sapp, 
printers  of  this  work,  do  I  tender  special  acknowledgements 
for  the  invaluable  assistance  he  has  rendered  in  proof-read- 
ing and  publishing  of  this  work. 


352  THE  WHITE  APRON. 


THE  END. 

I  have  lingered  over  my  task  long  enough.  The  bene- 
diction must  be  uttered  and  the  best  of  friends  part,  severing 
the  most  intimate  and  beloved  relations. 

In  compiling  "The  White  Apron,"  or  History  of  Occi- 
dental Lodge,  I  have  endeavored  to  spread  throughout  the 
volume  a  fund  of  useful  information,  to  the  brethren,  not 
elsewhere  obtainable,  as  well  as  to  impart  the  benefits  of 
information  I  have  derived  from  the  works  of  such  authors 
and  distinguished  men  and  Masons  as  Lawrie,  Oliver, 
Mackey,  Pike,  Fort,  Lyon,  Findell,  Mitchell,  Gould,  and 
other  eminent  Masonic  scholars  and  historians. 

And  we  hope  that  we  shall  not  be  disappointed  in  that, 
when  you  have  read  "The  White  Apron,"  you  will  feel  that 
you  had  been  honored  in  becoming  a  member  of  Occidental 
Lodge,  and  kneeling  at  the  same  altar  in  offering  up  your 
devotions  to  Deity  at  which  knelt  such  men  as  Swift,  Caton, 
Wallace,  Dickey,  Reddick,  Walker,  Osman,  Nash,  Gray, 
Avery,  Bushnell,  Cook  and  Hollister,  long,  long  ago — men 
who  were  pioneers  in  developing  the  West;  men  of 
untarnished  fame  in  both  civil  and  military  life;  command- 
ing officers  and  generals  on  the  battlefields  of  our  coun- 
try ;  and  municipal,  state  and  national  officials  in  civil  and 
political  life;  lawyers,  ministers,  judges  and  congressmen, 
bankers  and  financiers,  who  honored  themselves  and  thought 
it  not  beneath  their  dignity  to  meet  upon  the  level  in  Occi- 
dental Lodge;  the  artisan,  mechanic  and  laborer,  squaring 
their  actions  by  the  rule  of  virtue  and  walking  uprightly  in 
their  several  stations  before  God  and  man. 

I  now  have  the  pleasure  of  presenting  you  with  "The 
White  Apron."     I  trust  that  it  is  unspotted  and  that  it  is 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  353 

as  much,  of  not  more,  than  you  expected  of  me.  It  is  for 
you  to  decide  whether  my  efforts  in  bringing  up  from  the 
ruins  of  our  temple,  the  history  of  Occidental  Lodge,  is 
a  success. 

If  your  judgment  is  against  me,  I  shall  not  imitate  the 
Archbishop  of  Granada,  who  expostulated  with  his  critic, 
by  observing,  "Say  no  more,  my  child,  you  are  yet  too  raw 
to  make  proper  distinctions.  Know  that  I  never  composed 
a  better  homily  than  that  which  you  disapprove,  for  my 
genius,  thank  heaven,  hath  as  yet  lost  nothing  of  its  vigor. 
Henceforth,  I  will  make  a  better  choice  of  a  confidant. 
Adieu,  Mr.  Gil  Bias,  I  wish  you  all  manner  of  prosperity, 
with  a  little  more  taste." 

I  entertain,  however,  a  sanguine  hope  that  *'The  White 
Apron"  will  be  prized  by  you  and  looked  upon  as  the  ever- 
green or  acacia  that  revealed  and  brought  to  light  the  his- 
tory of  Occidental  Lodge. 

Should  my  anticipations  be  correct,  your  approval  will 
be  a  cheerful  reflection  in  the  declining  days  of  my  life,  the 
prime  of  which  was  spent  in  the  service  of  the  fraternity, 
without  the  hope  of  fee  or  reward. 

With  an  abiding  faith  in  God,  hope  in  immortality  and 
charity  to  all  mankind,  I  am, 

Fraternally  thine, 

W.  L.  MILLIGAN. 


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HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  355 


APPENDIX. 

We  closed  the  history  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40,  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.,  October  10,  1906,  it  being  the  sixtieth  anniversary 
as  a  chartered  Lodge,  but  owing  to  the  encouragement  in 
the  publication  of  "The  White  Apron,"  received  from  R.  W. 
Bro.  Richard  D.  Mills  and  the  officers  and  brethren  of  Occi- 
dental Lodge,  during  the  year  1907,  we  feel  justified  in  pub- 
lishing this  appendix  to  Occidental  Lodge,  reciting  its  rec- 
ord from  October  10,  1906,  to  October  10,  1907,  a  period 
which  has  been  one  of  the  most  prosperous  in  its  history; 
and  we  old  members,  who  once  bore  the  "burden  and  heat 
of  the  day,"  look  with  much  pride  and  satisfaction  upon  the 
achievements  of  the  younger  members,  and  the  progress  they 
are  making  in  exemplifying  the  symbolism  of  our  time  hon- 
ored fraternity. 

Officers,  1907. 

Richard  D.  Mills Worshipful  Master. 

Harry  W.  Mitchell Senior  Warden. 

Walter  E.   Speckman Junior  Warden. 

Samuel  B.  Bradford Treasurer. 

Charles  E.  Pettit • Secretary. 

William   H.   Barnard Qiaplain. 

William  Scales Senior  Deacon. 

Tom  W.  Smurr Junior  Deacon. 

Silas  E.  Kain Senior  Steward. 

John  S.   Rhoads Junior   Steward, 

Joseph  A.  Wilson Tyler. 

RAISED. 

Clarence  Paul  Provins Dec.        i,  1906. 

Everitt  Anthony  Sherwood Dec.      24,  1906. 

Orvil  James  Beers Jan.      28,  1907. 


356  THE  WHITE  AFRON. 

Francis  Ellsworth  Brumagim Feb.      25,  1907 

William  Abraham  Mills March  11,  1907 

Linwood  Blake  Steward March  25,  1907 

Edwin  Sherman  Leland April       8,  1907 

James  Francis  Peattie April      8,  1907 

Arthur  Joseph  Bertiaux April      8,  1907 

John  E.  Edmunds May      13,  1907 

Wilbur  Grimes Sept.     23,  1907 

Edward  Lyle  Yocum Sept.     30,  1907 

Charles  Frederick  Junod Oct.        7,  1907 

AFFILIATED. 

Burton  Lewis  Stevenson Jan.      21,  1907. 

William  Hugh  Parker March  18,  1907. 

DEMITTED. 

Arthur  W.  Ladd Jan. 

Augustus  Ives,  Jr Jan. 

James  H.  Monteith Feb. 

James  N.  Downs June 

Travers  H.  Barrett June 

William  H.  Gruhlkey Oct. 

DIED. 

Charles  Blanchard Oct.      31,  1906. 

R.  W.  Bro.  Samuel  Baldwin  Bradford  was  appointed 
District  Deputy  Grand  Master  by  Grand  Master  Alexander 
H.  Bell  October,  1907.  Bro.  Bradford  is  also  honored  with 
a  commission  as  Grand  Lecturer,  issued  in  1906. 


21, 

1907. 

21, 

1907. 

18, 

1907. 

3, 

1907. 

17, 

1907. 

7, 

1907. 

HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  357 


IN  MEMORIAM. 


CHARLES  BLANCHARD. 

Since  closing  the  history  of  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  October  10,  1906,  we  were  called  to  mourn 
the  death  of  one  of  its  most  distinguished  members,  when, 
on  October  31,  1906,  death  claimed  brother  Charles 
Blanchard. 

Brother  Blanchard  was  born  in  Peacham,  Vermont,  Au- 
gust 31,  1829.  Being  ambitious  for  intellectual  training 
and  acquirements,  he  worked  earnestly  and  persistently  in 
his  youth  to  gain  a  sufficient  sum  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
a  tuition  in  a  more  advanced  institution  than  the  meager  ed- 
ucational privileges  his  father  was  able  to  provide.  He  final- 
ly became  a  student  of  Peacham  Seminary,  and,  when  his 
education  was  completed,  he  came  West,  arriving  in  Peru, 
Illinois,  in  1848.  He  taught  school  at  Granville  and  Hen- 
nepin, 111.,  and,  during  his  leisure  hours,  applied  himself  to 
the  study  of  law,  in  which  he  passed  a  successful  examina- 
tion before  Judge  Treat  at  Springfield,  111.,  November  7, 
1 85 1.  He  moved  to  Ottawa  in  186 1,  Was  elected  State's 
Attorney  November,  1864,  and  served  as  such  until  Decem- 
ber, 1872,  from  which  office  he  retired  as  he  entered  it,  with 
the  good-will  of  the  people.  Through  recognition  of  his 
ability  as  a  lawyer,  he  was  appointed,  August  i,  1884,  one  of 
the  judges  of  the  Ninth  Judicial  Circuit  by  Governor  Hamil- 
ton, to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  resignation  of  Judge 
Goodspeed.  At  the  ensuing  election,  in  June,  1885,  he  was 
chosen  by  his  constituents  for  the  full  term  of  six  years,  and 
in  1 89 1,  1897  sind  1903  was  again  elected  and  served  until 
his  death. 


358  THE   WHITE  APRON. 

He  was  a  man  of  strong  mentality  and  possessed  a  thor- 
ough knowledge  of  the  law,  as  indicated  by  his  decisions. 
He  was  a  man  of  well-rounded  character,  finely  balanced 
mind  and  of  splendid  intellectual  attainments. 

Brother  Blanchard  affiliated  with  St.  John's  Lodge,  No. 
13,  Peru,  111.,  by  demit  from  Social  Lodge,  No.  70,  Henne- 
pin, 111.,  June,  5,  1856.  Demitted  from  St.  John's  Lodge, 
July  18,  1867,  and  affiliated  with  Occidental  Lodge,  No.  40, 
August  17,  1874,  and  we  believe  that  in  all  his  long  career 
as  a  citizen,  man  of  family,  and  servant  of  the  people,  in  po- 
sitions of  public  trust,  that  he  so  deported  himself  that  when 
the  end  came  he  could —  ^ 

"The  darkened  universe  defy 
To  quench  our  immortality 
Or  shake  our  trust  in  God." 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  359 


ERRATA. 

Page  27. — "Lodges  entering  into  foundation"  should 
read,  "Lodges  entering  into  formation,"  etc. 

Page  47.^0rville  C.  Moore  should  be  Orville  L. 
Moore. 

Page  66. — St.  Bernard  Commandery,  No.  ^6,  should 
read  No.  55. 

Page  119. — ''Me/'  last  word  of  first  line  in  seventh 
verse  should  be  "Men." 

Page  181. — In  recapitulation,  "six  hundred  and  thirty- 
three"  should  read  "six  hundred  and  twenty-six." 

Page  151. — In  second  line,  "1804"  should  be  ''1864." 

Page  200. — "Mrs.  Miller  died  August  20,  i8pi,"  should 
read  "Mrs.  Miller  died  August  20,  ipoi." 

Page  215. — Second  line  of  verse:  "Where  is  the  grave 
of  that  good  man  and  triief"  should  read,  "Where  may 
the  grave  of  that  good  man  hef" 

Page  2)2)Z- — First  word  4th  line  should  read  state  in- 
stead of  states. 

Page  2^^. — Second  word  in  I2tli  line  in  second  verse 
should  read  vouch  instead  of  touch. 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  36 1 


INDEX. 

Page 

Addenda 344 

Acknowledgements    350 

America,  introduction  of  Freemasonry  into 17 

America,  first  Masonic  hall  in 17 

America,  Introduction  of  Preston  lectures 320 

Appendix  355 

Business,  transacted  in  Lodge  E.  A 22 

Business,  transacted  in  Lodge  M.  M 39 

Blue  Lodge,  why  called 332 

Ballot,  law  of 60 

Committee  on  resolutions  of  Harmony  Lodge 35 

Committee,  report  of 345 

Centennial  celebration,  1876 61 

Charity 197 

Charity,  Masonic  Home,  Chicago 69,  198 

Charity,  Masonic  Home,  Sullivan 200 

Corner  stone,  soldiers'  monument 54 

Corner  stone,  Masonic  hall 58 

Corner  stone,  new  court  house 66 

Corner  stone.  Masonic  temple,  Chicago 75 

Dickey,  T.  Lyle 131 

Dead,  the 203 

Dead,  the,  to  the  memory  of 259 

Errata 359 

Esoteric    316 

Esoteric,  "three,  five  and  seven" 317 

Esoteric,  "lines  parallel" , 318 

Franklin,  Benjamin 17 

First  telegraph  operator  to  receive  messages  by  sound ...   47 

Humboldt  Lodge,  chartered 53 

Humboldt  Lodge,  summary  of  339 


362  THE  WHITE  APRON, 

Illinois,  first  Lodge  in 19 

Illinois,  first  petitions  in 22 

Illinois,  first  work  in 22 

Illinois,  first  demit  granted 22 

Illinois,  first  diploma  issued 22 

Illinois,  first  death  of  Freemason  in 23 

Illinois,  first  Grand  Lodge  of 25 

Illinois,  present  Grand  Lodge  of 32 

Illinois,  fiftieth  anniversary  Grand  Lodge 74 

Kentucky,  first  Lodge  in 27 

Kentucky,  Grand  Lodge  of 28 

Leases,  suits,  conveyances,  to  validate 65 

Lights 331 

Lectures,  perfection  in  required 39 

Lectures,  brought  to  America 320 

Lectures,  brought  to  Illinois 320 

Lectures,  brought  to  Occidental  Lodge 320,  324 

Lectures,  present  standard  work 321 

Lectures,  standard  work  of  England 319 

Lectures,  revision  of  1869 321 

Massachusetts,  first  Lodge 18 

Massachusetts,  Grand  Lodge  of 18 

Masonic,  calendar    7 

Masonic,  rules  for  dates 8 

Masonic,  Sixth  district   55 

Masonic,  Seventh  district    54 

Masonic,  Eighth  district    56 

Masonic,  Ninth  district 57 

Masonic,  temple  and  opera  house 57;  93 

Masonic,  association  of  Ottawa 93 

Masonic,  by-laws  Masonic  association 96 

Masonic,  contract  for  building  temple  and  opera  house.  .  102 
Masonic,  settlement  with  contractors 105 


HISTORY  OF  OCCIDENTAL  LODGE.  363 

Masonic,  new  hall,  1875 115 

Masonic,  title  to  furniture 117 

Masonic,  dramatic  association no 

Masonic,  schools  of  instruction 67,  72,  82 

Masonic,  oration  by  O.  C.  Gray 284 

Masonic,  Columbus  street  property 118 

Missouri,  first  Lodges  in 28 

Missouri,  Grand  Lodge  of 28 

Morris,  Rob.,  visits  Occidental  Lodge 69 

Negro  Lodges 36,  347 

Obituaries — 

Avery,  Julius  Caesar 221 

Blanchard,  Charles   357 

Bushnell,  Washington 233 

Caton,  John  Dean 241 

Cook,  David  A 256 

Degen,  Solomon   249 

Doolittle,  Shelby 206 

Fullerton,  Thomas  Coxey 239 

Gray,  Oliver  Cromwell 227 

Hapeman,  Douglas   253 

Hitt,  Daniel  Fletcher 246 

Lindley,  Philo 216 

McManus,  James 245 

Mitchell,  Bradford  C 209 

Perkins,  Lothrop 230 

Stebbins,  George  S 218 

Wade,  Thomas  Jefferson 237 

Wallace,  William  Henry  Lamb 212 

Ottawa  Lodge,  dispensation  issued 28 

Ottawa  Lodge,  charter  granted 28 

Ottawa  Lodge,  returns  i840-'4i   29,  30 

Ottawa  Lodge,  meeting  place 34 


364  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

Ottawa  Lodge,  Kentucky  surrenders  jurisdiction 30 

Ottawa  Lodge,  charter  annulled 35 

Ottawa  Lodge,  membership  of 120 

Occidental  Lodge,  dispensation  issued 35 

Occidental  Lodge,  first  work  in 35 

Occidental  Lodge,  chartered   36 

Occidental  Lodge,  constituted 37 

Occidental  Lodge,  hall  dedicated y6 

Occidental  Lodge,  penalty  for  absence 39 

Occidental  Lodge,  first  death  among  members 40 

Occidental  Lodge,  first  Masonic  funeral 40 

Occidental  Lodge,  distinguished  members  stewards  ....    43 

Occidental  Lodge,  moved  to  new  hall 58 

Occidental  Lodge,  dues  remitted 60 

Occidental  Lodge,  moved  from  Masonic  temple 75,  1 18 

Occidental  Lodge,  personnel  of 1 29 

Occidental  Lodge,  recapitulation 181 

Occidental  Lodge,  political  and  civil  offices 183,  349 

Occidental  Lodge,  military  record  of  members 193 

Preface 9 

Past  Master's  degree 59 

Postal  cards,  use  of  forbidden 61 

Palm  and  Shell 69 

Pillars,  Jachin  and  Boaz 115 

Poems  by  O.  C.  Gray 273 

"The  Worship  of  the  Woods" 275 

"The  Song  of  the  Atlantic  Cable" 277 

"The  Sea-Coral's  Dream"   280 

Poems — 

Adieu,  a  Heart  Warm  Fond  Adieu 343 

Autumn   243 

Freemasonry    315 

Funeral  Dirge 271 


history  of  occidental  lodge.  365 

Poems — 

God  Bless  the  Old  Tyler 270 

His  Bones  are  Dust 215 

In  Memoriam  (Cassette)   204 

In  Memoriam  (Good  Words) 258 

In  Memoriam  (Prescott) 225 

In  Time  to  Come 208 

Long  Ago 236 

Love's  Harvesting 248 

My  Old  Hunting  Horn 187 

Ode  to  Illinois 333 

Song 232 

Starved  Rock 337 

The  Bells  of  Londonderry 217 

The  Day  Star  in  the  East 252 

The  Golden  Days  Departed 220 

The  Golden  Wedding 128 

The  Last  Farewell 211 

The  Level  and  the  Square 14 

To  the  Living  and  the  Dead 119 

To  the  Mocking  Bird 91 

When  the  Boats  Come  Home 255 

Renting  Lodge  premises 65 

Ritual,  change  in 68 

St.  John's  Day,  celebration  of 53,  341 

St.  John's  Lodge,  resume  of 335 

South  Australia,  representative  of 72 

Symbolism  of  third  degree 319 

Treasurer,  duties  of 65 

The  white  apron  and  the  sword 188 

The  old  tyler's  grave 270 

The  theological  ladder 318 

The  Master's  word 318 


366  THE  WHITE  APRON. 

The  Master's  hat 329 

The  gavel 330 

The  tyler's  sword 90 

The  white  apron 326 

The  end  352 

Virginia,  first  Lodges  in 18 

Virginia,  Grand  Lodge  of 19 

Vinton,  David 272 


HISTORY   OF  OCCIDENTAL   LODGE.  367 


ILLUSTRATIONS  AND   PORTRAITS. 

Facing  Page 

Avery,  Joseph   80 

Avery,  Julius  C 224 

Bond,  Shadrach 3^ 

Bushnell,  Washington 233 

Caton,  John  D 241 

Charter  Occidental  Lodge 48 

Charter  Western  Star  Lodge 24 

Cook,  Burton  C 88 

Dickey,  Theophilus  L 184 

Dispensation  Western  Star  Lodge 16 

Gibson,  Theodore  C 160 

Gorbett,  Henry  D 120 

Gray,  Oliver  C 273 

Hitt,  Daniel  F 24S 

Jonas,  Abram   40 

Leland,  Lorenzo    128 

Lindley,  Philo 216 

Mansion  House 9^ 

Masonic  Home,  Sullivan   200 

Masonic  Orphans'  Home,  Chicago 192 

Milligan,  William  Lee  Roy 2 

Nash,  John  Fisk   5 

Occidental  Lodge,  'The  East" 104 

Occidental  Lodge,  "The  West" 112 

Osman,  William    64 

Reddick,  William    144 

Ryburn,  John  S 176 

Starved  Rock 337 

Thompson,  Gilbert  L 72 

Valley  of  the  Illinois,  The 9 

Wade,  Thomas  J 320 

Wallace  Notice   56 

Wallace,  William  H.  L 208 


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